Yesterday, I testified at the City Council budget hearing on public housing about the exorbitant cost escalation for the public housing project in Chelsea. NYCHA is Mismanaging this project to the tune of $2.4 billion.
Tenants at Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea have been harassed for months. This lawsuit was one more tool in that pressure campaign. Today’s ruling makes one thing clear: you do not get to bulldoze due process just because the people in your way live in public housing.
📢 Four-Corners Wednesday:
This week: breakfast with ballot lions, facts vs. “modernization,” padlocks on seniors’ doors, and a reminder from Stiglitz that trickle-down was a failure.
Til next week: equalize the airtime and keep the city from budging. - https://t.co/D7HGeniOnP
This project has changed so much that it is an entirely new project, and should, at the least, be rebid for a fair contract. Let’s look at several ways of achieving the goal (including rehab) and have open competition. Who could argue with that?
NYCHA tenants rights being denied at the NYCHA annual plan hearing. A banner is protected by the First Amendment. So why is it not allowed? #FreedomOfSpeech@NYCHA
i love how we culturally are not buying any of the yimby/abundance bullcrap as a country and as a people
these guys were relying on all of us being stupid and whelp we’re not
Real talk. This was impressive name that tune action! Also coming from a punk background (shout out to oly, wa)…this is one of the best videos for showcasing how much music information @JustinBrannan holds in his head. Ps every band is his fave band.
WTF are we thanking him for?! Massive cuts to federal funding for public health, education, and housing or gutting Medicaid and the World Trade Center Health Program?
and dismisses viable rehabilitation without a single independent structural review. This project is not about fixing public housing –– it’s about transferring public land to private hands.”
“This DEIS is not a road map ––– it’s a smoke screen,” said Layla Law-Gisiko, District Leader for Assembly District 75, Part A. “It glosses over contaminated soil, ignores hospital capacity,
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58% of the parents surveyed who took their kids out of NYC public schools say that class size contributed a lot to their decision. https://t.co/ExnrLqrKmF
Public hearings coming up.
Wednesday April 23 6pm. Fulton. 991 9th Ave. Look inLou I was
Thursday April 24 6.30pm. Elliott-Chelsea. 441 W 26th St
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