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Willie Wiggins has been without gas since Thanksgiving. So have Ricardo and Luis Cepeda. The three are residents of New York City Housing Authority’s (NYCHA)

Seismic change has begun in earnest for the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who call New York City Housing Authority home, following

A federal official tasked with helping fix New York's public housing system got an up-close view of some of the struggles that residents deal

The federal official whose job is to oversee the New York City Housing Authority got stuck in an elevator in the Frederick Douglass Houses

Big changes are on the horizon for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residents—many of whom live on the Upper West Side, in developments like Wise Towers

At the eleventh hour, it appears New York City—and Mayor Bill de Blasio—will retain control of the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), though the housing

Early Sunday morning, 60 firefighters responded to blazes on the 14th and 16th floors of 201 W. 93rd Street, the De Hostos Apartments

A 16 year-old boy was shot in the chest Sunday night around 11:40 p.m. in front of 201 W. 93rd Street – the DeHostos Apartments between Amsterdam and Broadway

NYCHA recently hosted the NextGen Resource Fair at the Wise Towers Courtyard (90th between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenue), an upbeat event featuring

The thousands of Upper West Siders who live in New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments are likely to face more slow repairs and diminishing services -- and possibly rent hikes

By Virginia Valerio Garbage has been piling up at the Frederick Douglass Houses in recent weeks, a long-term issue that was exacerbated when a trash compactor broke down.

The city's quest to build market-rate apartment towers on public housing land -- including three possible new buildings at the Frederick Douglass Houses on the Upper West Side -- moved forward on Friday. The New York City Housing Authority released

The New York City Housing Authority has released details of its plan to lease three parcels of land inside the Frederick Douglass housing project to private developers. Local lawmakers and

A movement to stop the New York City Housing Authority from unilaterally adding new market-rate housing developments on public housing land on the Upper West Side is picking up steam, as a new petition has been launched asking the city to slow the process down and allow more input. As ...

Residents of the Frederick Douglass Houses and neighboring buildings came out in force on Monday night to learn about a plan to lease land in the housing project to private developers interested in building market-rate apartments. The three buildings built on the site are expected to bring in money that ...

The New York City Housing Authority is considering a plan to build private apartment towers on land inside public housing projects. Some of the new developments are slated for the Douglass Houses, a project made up of 18 buildings housing nearly 5,000 residents that stretches from 100th to 104th street. ...

October 23, 2012 Weather: Mostly Cloudy, High of 65 Degrees.

Elderly housing project residents, particularly at Amsterdam Houses in the West 60's off of Amsterdam Avenue, are being told that they have to move because they live in apartments with more bedrooms than they need. Some seniors are being told they have to move out of their developments -- and ...