Press Mentions
Fight For NYCHA was formed to bring public housing tenants together to self-determine the future of the New York City Housing Authority (“NYCHA“). Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-New York City) plans to put 1/3 of NYCHA’s public housing stock into the hands of private landlords, and Fight For NYCHA opposes this approach. Our work has begun to garner media attention.
- As City Officials Respond To ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ At Brooklyn Jail, Others Wonder : ‘What About NYCHA ?’, 05 Feb 2019 [Gothamist]
- Can NYCHA Activists Rouse A ‘Political Sleeping Giant’ ?, 11 Feb 2019 [Gothamist]
- NYCHA Tenants Rally to Save Robert Fulton Houses, 04 May 2019 [NY1]
- Fulton Houses fearful over RAD’ical plan, 08 May 2019 [The Villager]
- Residents slam NYCHA redevelopment plan in Chelsea, 04 June 2019 [The New York Post]
- Residents rally against Fulton Houses demolition, 04 June 2019 [PIX11]
- Fulton Houses Residents Rally against NYCHA Plan to Demolish Buildings, 05 June 2019 [NY1]
- New NYCHA Chair’s Vow : No One Will Lose Their Apartment, 25 June 2019 [The City]
- NYCHA residents pack town hall in Chelsea, 18 Sept. 2019 [PIX11]
- OPINION : NYCHA’s NextGen Threatens More Harm than Hope, 10 Oct. 2019 [City Limits]
- Mayor de Blasio launches ‘working group’ to hash out NYCHA plans in Chelsea, 10 Oct. 2019 [The New York Daily News]
- Climate Control is a Year-Round Issue at NYCHA, Especially for Seniors, 23 Oct. 2019 [City Limits]
- URBAN AGENDA – NYCHA Dilemma : Moving ahead by working with communities ?, 11 Nov. 2019 [Amsterdam News]
- What will happen to NYCHA’s hidden population under RAD ?, 06 Dec. 2019 [Red Hook Star-Revue]
- OPINION : Stop Sunnyside Yards ! Reparative City Building Now !, 16 Dec. 2019 [City Limits]
- NYC public housing residents fear privatization of buildings, 26 Jan. 2020 [The New York Daily News]
- Chelsea Residents Resist Public Housing Privatization at Town Hall, 07 Feb. 2020 [Washington Square News/NYU News]
- EDITORIAL : RAD is a raw NYCHA deal we must refuse, 15 Feb. 2020 [The New York Daily News]
- EDITORIAL : De Blasio’s Privatization of NYCHA, 24 Feb. 2020 [Washington Square News/NYU News]
- Fight for NYCHA Airs Grievances Against Manhattan Electeds, 02 June 2020 [New York County Politics]
- To Defund the Police, Activists Rewrote City Budgets, 04 June 2020 [CityLab]
- WBAI interview with Melanie Aucello and a member of Fight For NYCHA about RAD conversions of public housing, 10 Nov. 2020 [via SoundCloud]
- Fulton Houses Turkey Handout Reveals TA, Advocates Split Over RAD, 25 Nov. 2020 [New York County Politics]
- City Council Candidates, Electeds Lock Horns Over NYCHA RAD Program, 30 Nov. 2020 [Kings County Politics]
- EDITORIAL : Saving NYCHA: Conned in Kips Bay: Public housing plan full of lies, 31 Mar. 2021 [The New York Daily News]
- After Demolition Scare, Chelsea NYCHA Tenants Forge New Path With Private Management, 11 Apr. 2021 [The City]
- The Next Mayor Will Have To Fix NYCHA, 25 May 2021 [Bushwick Daily]
- NYCHA’s vacant retail spaces leave experts confused, 01 June 2021 [The Real Deal]
- Alleged Mold Coverup Stains Public Housing Move to Private Management, 08 Aug. 2021 [The City]
- Tenant activists fight each other over vouchers, 10 Sept. 2021 [The Real Deal]
- Related wades into NYCHA — and becomes a target, 02 Dec. 2021 [The Real Deal]
- Cities vowed in 2020 to cut police funding — but budgets expanded in 2021, 28 Dec. 2021 [NBC News]
- Progressives concerned as Eric Adams takes helm as New York mayor, 03 Jan. 2022 [The Guardian]
- NYCHA threatens to evict tenants over ‘free’ AC units, 16 June 2023 [POLITICO]
- To Improve Public Housing, New York City Moves to Tear It Down, 20 June 2023 [The New York Times]
- Tenants Rally Against Planned Demolition of Manhattan Public Housing Complexes, 28 June 2023 [Democracy Now!]
- Getting A/C to residents of public housing, where extreme heat can be dangerous, 31 July 2023 [All Things Considered]
- Withering heat is more common, but getting A/C is still a struggle in public housing, 01 July 2023 [NPR]
- The incredible shrinking heat pump, 15 Nov. 2023 [The Verve]
- 061924 Gaza, Juneteenth, Rep. Jerry Nadler, NYCHA Privatization, 19 June 2024 [The News with Paul DeRienzo via SoundCloud]
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