Wednesday, June 13, 2018

City to pony up in federal NYCHA settlement

From Crains:

New York City will likely pay $2 billion to settle claims that the nation's largest public housing agency has too often left tenants to contend with lead paint, malfunctioning elevators and rats.

The city agreed in a consent decree in Manhattan federal court to pay $1 billion over four years and $200 million annually until problems are overcome. The deal also calls for the appointment of a monitor to oversee the city-run public housing authority during the 10-year span of the agreement.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the settlement a "dramatic step" and a "turning point for our public housing system."


NYCHA Consent Decree by Anonymous 80as6U on Scribd

20 comments:

Tony Notaro said...

Yay! More extortion money paid out to some of the laziest bastards to ever walk the earth

Anonymous said...

Well not to sound mean but you get what you paid for and people living in project housing pay next to nothing. Most (not all) project housing is filled with ex convicts who live with their grandmothers or mothers and/or people too lazy to work and go to school and find real jobs. This city is made for the rich or poor, not the working class.

Anonymous said...

Isn't it fascinating how the City Council and Mayor just shoved a half-fare bill to help the poor. The same poor living in The NYCHellAuthorityhole. Was this to save their votes??? You bet your crummy life it was.

John said...


These kids will have a lifetime of mental health and learning disabilities because of lead.
Right, the kids get what they paid for because they had any choice in the matter.


Many people who live in assisted homes have jobs. In NYC, no one rents to you anymore if you can't put thousands down and have never complained about a landlord. Only the worst apartments, stacked with violations will rent to the poor.



Once again, the poor deserve what they get. Can't pay higher taxes? You get to go to a crappy school. Have poor parents? You get to have your brain ruined.



>> Blogger Tony Notaro said...
>> Yay! More extortion money paid out to some of the laziest bastards to ever walk the earth

JQ LLC said...

You don't sound mean you sound ignorant. You are ignorant. The people who live in public housing are working class. Supposed nice and newly niche and hip neighborhoods still have crime, in fact homicides, sexual assaults and theft are up. And no one should be denied services like clean water, infrastructure repairs to remediate mold and lead and fixes for working elevators and broken locks because they pay less rent. Housing is not analogous to buying lesser quality products at dollar tree.

This NYCHA scandal is comparable to the classic harrowing stories by Dickens and Upton Sinclair. And it was obviously done to get rid of the people who live there, similar to the predatory shit Steve Croman pulled. This was done so they can carry out the pernicious NextGen plan to convert apartments to and build buildings on playgrounds and parking lots for market rates as a speculative plan that it will pay for structural and environmental improvements, which is definitely the reason why they were hoarding money, refusing service requests and deceptively covering up violations to inspectors in the first place. (I couldn't believe the inspectors were that dumb to notice obvious tricks like painting over newspapers and duct taping leaking pipes)


It should be noted that this criminal negligence was allowed by a so-called businessman and a so-called progressive and has been prosecuted by Republican/neoconservative appointees in HUD. Although the nasty part is that Ben Carson has proposed raising rents by 33% on tenants on the idiotic theory that these working poor people aren't achieving enough and it will inspire them to get better jobs somehow.

Anonymous said...

DIBLASSIO STILL BELIEVES HE ISN'T TO BLAME. LIKE TRUMP HE BLAMES EVERYONE ELSE BUT HIS ADMINISTRATION.

Anonymous said...

Nah, just another example of "you never run out of other people's money".
We are already wasting more than that on servicing the homeless per year, so what is an extra $2B between friends. This $2B is not coming from DeBassio's pocket, so what does he cares.

Anonymous said...

Can a mayor be re-called due to gross incompetence?

Anonymous said...

The best laid plans of mice and men..

October 24, 2017

City will boost production to 25,000 apartments annually, administration sets new goal of 300,000 apartments by 2026

NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that his administration is now on track to build and protect 200,000 affordable homes by 2022, two years ahead of schedule. With the addition of new tools, programs and funding, the City will ramp up to securing 25,000 affordable apartments annually by 2021 and beyond—a pace it has never before reached. With that machinery in place, the City is taking on a new goal: 300,000 such apartments by 2026, enough for the entire population of Boston or Seattle.

Anonymous said...

Keep voting Democrats in. They lie and blame everyone else for their own corruption and lack of accountability . "They lie for votes."

Rob in Manhattan said...

"Well not to sound mean but you get what you paid for and people living in project housing pay next to nothing"

Typical propagandized opinion. Public Housing residents pay 33% of their income as declared on an annual affidavit. The amount adjusts based on income.

There are indigents living there as well. But I know of a supermarket cashier, a clerk in a bank and one of the handymen who do repairs in some of our locations. These are all people who have lived in these places for a long time and simply can not find anything better that they can afford. As a teen I had at least who friends who lived in "projects" one at the Wald houses and at another in Spanish Harlem. The rooms were small and boxy and the halls kind of institutional, but looking back on those visits, the buildings were clean, fireproof and quite livable.

"This city is made for the rich or poor, not the working class."

Blame Pataki, Bruno and the rest of the Albany gop for ruining rent regulations. We lost over 300,000 truly affordable apartments due to those scumbags.

This is what happens when your working and middle class votes their fears and resentments. Blame your f'ing selves.

Rob in Manhattan

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry to get public service they should have to sign a waiver so they cannot sue. If things were wrong with the facilities, move out to do better for yourself. Whole thing is crazy... as a parent you should be responsible as well. When did people stop taking responsibility for themselves. Get a job, move to a cheaper state, do something to help yourselves.

Gary W said...

Bill DeBlasshole biggest slum lord out there.

But own a small restaurant or bar and some inspector with a hard on will fine you into oblivion and paint a scarlet letter on your business.

Anonymous said...

The average renter in NYCHA is there for 22 years and the average rent is $434 per month.
Soon the Dope will want to put illegals at the top of the list and have us pay for their rent.


Just wondering, does the mayor get a 1099 from the City for free housing at Gracie Mansion?
He should have to pay tax seeing that is actually income.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...

Keep voting Democrats in. They lie and blame everyone else for their own corruption and lack of accountability . "They lie for votes."

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Sure and the Flint Michigan disaster was Democrats, PLEASE, it was Republicans who poisoned the drinking water there. FACE, neither party the way they are, especially this new Republican Trump party, are true public servants or care about anyone other than themselves and their MAJORLY RICH constituents and MAJORLY RICH corporations.

Your comment is so damn tired and old. Ironic thay we have a president who lies all the time and makes up facts, plus is corrupt as can be and lacks NO accountability and feels he is above the law. And the same came be said about the fake liberal progressive Democrat, assBlasio.

There are less and less checks and balances on both parties, but don't make out like the Republicans are here to save the day, especially in this incarnation.

Gary W said...

Who gives a fuck about the water in Flint, we are talking about Queens and NYC here. It's a one party town and it obviously doesn't work.

Google Hoosick Falls and Cuomo, get your panties in a wad about that. Who was in charge there? I wonder why that story got so little press.

Anonymous said...

"City" pony's up???... that means the New York City taxpayer. Let's get that straight.

Stormy said...

Yeah, and Trump University was a real school.


>> Anonymous Anonymous said...
>> Keep voting Democrats in. They lie and blame everyone else for their own corruption and >> lack of accountability .

John said...


Right...They should sign a waiver that if the government knowingly covers up a risk that causes debilitating mental illness they can't sue? Maybe the government could, you know, not cover it up.

The cost to live, just about everywhere, has gone up so dramatically that if you are poor, you basically can't afford anyplace. Rentals are not being built fast enough to keep up with the population growth. Low education jobs that paid well, that over 70% of the population had are now gone, due to technology. And, that number will accelerate. If you aren't in a job that requires an advanced degree, you are most likely going to be poor in the next 20 years.

The dollar amount used to define "poverty" is so low, no one could survive on the amount or 25% higher.

https://digg.com/2018/housing-wage-two-bedroom-map

>> Anonymous Anonymous said...
>> I'm sorry to get public service they should have to sign a waiver so they cannot sue. If >> things were wrong with the facilities, move out to do better for yourself. Whole thing is >> crazy... as a parent you should be responsible as well. When did people stop taking >. responsibility for themselves. Get a job, move to a cheaper state, do something to help >> yourselves.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Anonymous said...

Get ready for more hotels.. where will the city put all the displaced when repairs do need to happen.