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Goldman-Velázquez bill would tag $32 billion for New York City public housing repairs
Mayor Eric Adams spoke to tenants at the Jacob Riis Houses in September during a health scare over the Alphabet City complex's water quality. (Mayor's Office of Photography)

Goldman-Velázquez bill would tag $32 billion for New York City public housing repairs

January 22, 2023

The only way to address public housing repairs nationwide is to inject a massive amount of federal money, Congressmembers Dan Goldman and Nydia Velázquez say.…

Hoylman, Epstein intro bill to guarantee NYCHA residents have clean water, food during water disruptions
The Vision Urbana Food Security box truck delivered pallets of bottled water (120 cases) to Riis Houses during the complex's water crisis. Doordash also donated $15,000 in food credits for hot meal purchases to Vision Urbana to coordinate with local participating Doordash restaurants. (Vision Urbana)

Hoylman, Epstein intro bill to guarantee NYCHA residents have clean water, food during water disruptions

September 19, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | State Senator Brad Hoylman and Assemblymember Harvey Epstein introduced a bill (S.9557) to create a process for ensuring public housing residents…

Arsenic and saving face: City says tainted-water tests at Riis Houses were all wet
Mayor Eric Adams distributed water bottles at the New York City Housing Authority’s Jacob Riis Houses in the East Village on Fri., Sept. 2. (Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office)

Arsenic and saving face: City says tainted-water tests at Riis Houses were all wet

September 12, 2022

BY THE VILLAGE SUN | After what amounted to a weeklong false alarm about the drinking water at the Jacob Riis Houses, on Saturday the…

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