| New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Jurisdiction | New York City |
| Headquarters | 250 Broadway New York, New York |
| Agency executive | John Rhea, Chairman |
| Parent agency | New York City |
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| http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycha | |
The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), created by urbanist Charles Abrams,[1] provides public housing for low and moderate income residents throughout the five boroughs of New York City. NYCHA also administers a citywide Section 8 Leased Housing Program in rental apartments. Many of its facilities are known popularly as "projects," or "developments" and are associated with poverty and crime. As a security measure, these premises are patrolled by the NYPD Housing Bureau, with a total of 9 "PSA's," or Police Service Areas that patrol each borough except Staten Island which has a separate unit from the Housing Bureau command known as the "SIHU" or Staten Island Housing Unit.
NYCHA was created in 1934. At the end of 1935, NYCHA dedicated its first development, called First Houses, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Authority boomed in partnership with Robert Moses after World War II as a part of Moses' plan to clear old tenements and remake New York as a modern city. The majority of NYCHA developments were built between 1945 and 1965. Unlike most cities, New York depended heavily on city and state funds to build its housing, rather than just the federal government. Most of these postwar developments had over 1000 apartment units each and most were built in the modernist, tower-in-the-park style popular at the time.
The Authority is the largest public housing authority (PHA) in North America and in spite of many problems is still considered by experts to be the most successful big-city public housing authority in the country. Whereas most large public housing authorities in the United States (Chicago, St. Louis, Baltimore, etc.) have demolished their high-rise projects, New York's continue to be fully occupied. New York also maintains a long waiting list for its apartments. Because of demand, it has, in recent years, selected more "working families" in a bid to diversify the income structure of its housing. NYCHA's Conventional Public Housing Program has 181,581 apartments (as of July 20, 2005) in 345 developments throughout the city.
NYCHA has approximately 13,000 employees serving about 175,116 families and approximately 417,328 authorized residents. Based upon the 2000 Census, NYCHA's Public Housing represents 8.6% of the city's rental apartments and is home to 5.2% of the city’s population. NYCHA residents and Section 8 voucher holders combined occupy 12.7% of the city's rental apartments.[citation needed] In mid-2007, NYCHA faced a $225 million budget shortfall.
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NYCHA Buildings
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- NYCHA, At the end of 1935, NYCHA dedicated their first development, called First Houses, located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan
Manhattan (NYCHA Origin 1935)
- Alfred E Smith Houses, Lower East Side
- Audubon Houses,
- Amsterdam Houses, Upper West Side
- Baruch Houses, Lower East Side
- Bethune Gardens
- Bracetti Plaza
- Campos Plaza, Lower East Side
- Carver Houses
- Chelsea-Elliot Houses
- Clinton Houses
- Corsi Houses
- De Hostos Apartments, Upper West Side
- Drew-Hamilton Houses
- Dyckman Houses, Inwood
- East River Houses, East Harlem
- First Houses, East Village
- Fredrick Douglass Houses, Manhattan Valley
- Fulton Houses, Chelsea
- Glenwood Houses
- Gompers Houses
- Grampion Houses
- Grant Houses, Manhattanville
- Harbor View Terrace
- Harlem River Houses
- Hernandez Houses
- John Haynes Holmes Towers
- Isaacs Houses
- Jackie Robinson Houses
- Jefferson Houses
- Johnson Houses
- King Towers
- La Guardia Houses, Lower East Side
- Lavanburg Homes
- Lehman Houses
- Lexington Houses
- Lincoln Houses
- Lower East Side Infill, Lower East Side
- Manhattanville Houses
- Marshall Plaza
- Meltzer Tower
- Metro North Plaza
- Milbank-Frawley
- Park Av. Houses
- Polo Grounds Towers, Harlem
- Rangel Houses
- Riis Houses, Lower East Side
- Robert F. Wagner Houses
- Rutgers Houses, Lower East Side
- Senator Robert F. Wagner, Sr. Houses, established 1958, East Harlem
- St. Nicholas Houses, Harlem
- Straus Houses
- Taft Houses, Harlem
- Vladeck Houses, Lower East Side
- Wald Houses, Lower East Side
- Washington Houses
- Wilson Houses
- Wise Towers, Upper West Side
Bronx (Neighborhood/Police Precinct)
- 1010 East 178th Street (West Farms/48): one building, 21-story, 218 apartments, completed March 31, 1971
- 1162-1176 Washington Avenue (Morrisania/42): one building, 6-story, 64 apartments, completed December 31, 1975
- 1471 Watson Avenue (Soundview/43): one building, 6-story, 96 apartments, completed December 31, 1970
- Adams Houses (Melrose/40): seven buildings, 15 and 21-story, 925 apartments, completed August 31, 1964
- Bailey Avenue-West 193rd Street (University Heights/52): one building, 19-story, 232 apartments, completed May 31, 1973
- Baychester Houses: eleven buildings, 6-story, 441 apartments, completed May 31, 1963
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances I (Mott Haven/40): thirteen buildings, 3, 4, 11 and 19-story, 308 apartments, completed May 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 13 (Mott Haven/40): one building, 6-story, 51 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 18 (Mott Haven/40): two buildings, 4 and 6-story, 78 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances II, 9A (Mott Haven/40): one building, 4-story, 46 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 13 (Mott Haven/40): two buildings, 5-story, 22 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 18 (Mott Haven/40): one building, 5-story, 19 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances III, 9A (Mott Haven/40): two buildings, 6-story, 26 apartments, completed July 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances IV (Mott Haven/40): eight buildings, 3, 4, and 5-story, 282 apartments, completed December 31, 1973
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances V (Mott Haven/40)
- Dr. Ramon E. Betances VI (Mott Haven/40)
- Baychester Houses
- Boston Road Plaza Houses (Bronxdale/49)
- Boston Secor Houses
- Boynton Avenue Rehabs (Soundview/43)
- Bronx River Houses (Soundview/43)
- Bronx River Addition (Soundview/43)
- Bronxchester Houses (Melrose/40)
- Bronxdale Houses (Soundview/43)
- Bryant Avenue-East 174th Street (East Morrisania/42)
- Butler Houses (Morrisania/42)
- Castle Hill Houses (Castle Hill/43)
- Claremont Parkway-Franklin Avenue Area (Morrisania/42)
- Claremont Rehab (Group 2) (Concourse/44)
- Claremont Rehab (Group 3) (Concourse/44)
- Claremont Rehab (Group 4) (Concourse/44)
- Claremont Rehab (Group 5) (Concourse/44)
- Classon Point Gardens (Soundview/43)
- College Avenue-East 165th Street (Concourse/44)
- Davidson Houses (Morrisania/42)
- Eagle Avenue-East 163rd Street (Morrisania/42)
- East 152nd Street-Courtlandt Avenue (Melrose/40)
- East 165th Street-Bryant Avenue (Longwood/41)
- East 173rd Street-Vyse Avenue (East Morrisania/42)
- East 180th Street-Monterey Avenue (East Tremont/48)
- Eastchester Gardens
- Edenwald Houses, the largest public housing complex in the Bronx.
- Forest Houses (Morrisania/42)
- Fort Independence Street-Heath Avenue (Kingsbridge Heights/50)
- Franklin Avenue I (Conventional) (Morrisania/42)
- Franklin Avenue I M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (Morrisania/42)
- Franklin Avenue II (Conventional) (Morrisania/42)
- Franklin Avenue III (Conventional) (Morrisania/42)
- Franklin Avenue III M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (Morrisania/42)
- Glebe Avenue-Westchester Avenue (Westchester Square/45)
- Gun Hill Houses
- Harrison Avenue Rehab (Group A) (Morris Heights/46)
- Harrison Avenue Rehab (Group B) (Morris Heights/46)
- Highbridge Gardens (Highbridge/44)
- Highbridge Rehabs (West 166th Street-Anderson Avenue) (Highbridge/44)
- Highbridge Rehabs (Nelson Avenue) (Highbridge/44)
- Hoe Avenue-East 173rd Street (East Morrisania/42)
- Jackson Houses (Melrose/40)
- Jennings Street M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (Morrisania/42)
- Longfellow Avenue Rehab (Longwood/41)
- Macombs Road (Morris Heights/46)
- Marble Hill Houses (Marble Hill/50)
- McKinley Houses (Morrisania/42)
- Melrose Houses (Melrose/40)
- Middleton Plaza
- Millbrook Houses (Mott Haven/40)
- Millbrook Extension (Mott Haven/40)
- Mitchell Houses (Mott Haven/40)
- Monroe Houses (Soundview/43)
- Moore Houses (Mott Haven/40)
- Morris Heights Rehab (Morris Heights/46)
- Morris I (Morrisania/42)
- Morris II (Morrisania/42)
- Morrisania Air Rights (Melrose/40)
- Morrisania Houses (Morrisania/42)
- Mott Haven Houses (Mott Haven/40)
- Murphy Houses (East Morrisania/42)
- Parkside Houses
- Patterson Houses (Mott Haven/40)
- Pelham Parkway Houses (Pelham Parkway/49)
- Prospect Avenue M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (East Morrisania/42)
- PSS Grandparent Family Apartments (Morrisania/42)
- Randall-Balcom Houses (Throgs Neck/45)
- Sack Wern Houses (Soundview/43)
- Saint Mary's Park Houses (Melrose/40)
- Sedgwick Houses (Morris Heights/46)
- Soundview Houses (Soundview/43)
- South Bronx Area (Site 402) (Melrose/40)
- Southern Boulevard M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (Mott Haven/40)
- Stebbins Avenue-Hewitt Place (Longwood/41)
- Teller Avenue-East 166th Street (Concourse/44)
- Throggs Neck Houses (Throgs Neck/45)
- Throggs Neck Addition (Throgs Neck/45)
- Twin Park East (Site 9) Houses (East Tremont/48)
- Twin Park West (Site 1 and 2) Houses (Tremont/46)
- Union Avenue-East 163rd Street (Morrisania/42)
- Union Avenue-East 166th Street (Morrisania/42)
- University Avenue Rehab (Morris Heights/46)
- Webster Houses (Morrisania/42)
- West Farms Square Rehab (East Morrisania/42)
- West Farms Square (Conventional) (East Morrisania/42)
- West Farms Square M.H.O.P. (Multi Family Homeownership Program) (East Morrisania/42)
- West Tremont Avenue-Sedgwick Avenue Area (Morris Heights/46)
- West Tremont Rehab (Group 1) (Morris Heights/46)
- West Tremont Rehab (Group 2) (Morris Heights/46)
- West Tremont Rehab (Group 3) (Morris Heights/46)
Brooklyn
- Albany Houses
- Armstrong Houses
- Atlantic Terminal Site 4B The tallest residential property owned by NYCHA, reaching 31 stories.
- Bayview Houses
- Bernard Haber Houses
- Borinquen Plaza Houses
- Boulevard Houses
- Breukelen Houses
- Brevoort Houses[2]
- Brown Houses
- Brownsville Houses
- Bushwick-Hylan Houses
- Bushwick II & Bushwick CDA
- Carey Gardens
- Crown Heights Houses
- Coney Island Houses
- Cooper Park Houses
- Cypress Hills Houses
- Farragut Houses
- Fenimore Houses
- Fiorentino Plaza
- Glenmore Plaza
- Glenwood Houses
- Gowanus Houses
- Gravesend Houses
- Hope Gardens
- Howard Houses
- Howard Av. Houses
- Howard Av.-Park Place
- Hughes Houses
- Independence Towers
- Ingersoll Houses
- Johnathan Williams Plaza
- Kingsborough Houses-Kingsborough Extension
- Lafayette Gardens
- Langston Hughes Apartments
- Lenox Road-Rockaway Parkway
- Linden Houses
- Long Island Baptist Houses
- Louis Heaton Pink Houses
- Marcus Garvey Houses
- Marcy Houses
- Marcy-Greene Avs. Houses
- Marlboro Houses
- Nostrand Houses
- O'Dwyer Houses
- Ocean Hill Apartments
- Ocean Hill-Brownsville
- Palmetto Gardens
- Penn. Av. Rehab.
- Penn.-Wortman Avs. Houses
- Park Rock Rehab.
- Prospect Plaza
- Ralph Av. Rehab.
- Red Hook East/West Houses, Red Hook; the location of the 1991 film, Straight Out of Brooklyn
- Roosevelt Houses
- Rutland Towers
- Saratoga Square
- Seth Low Houses
- Sheepshead Bay Houses
- Sumner Houses
- Surfside Houses
- Tilden Houses
- Tompkins Houses
- Taylor/Wythe Houses
- Unity Plaza
- Van Dyke Houses
- Vandalia Av. Houses
- Vernon Houses
- Walt Whitman Houses
- Weeksville Gardens
- William Reid Houses
- Williamsburg Houses
- Wyckoff Gardens
Queens
- Astoria Houses (Astoria/114)
- Baisley Park Houses (South Jamaica/113)
- Beach 41st Street-Beach Channel Drive Houses (Far Rockaway/101)
- Bland Houses (Flushing/109)
- Carleton Manor (Arverne/101)
- Conlon L.I.H.F.E. Towers (Jamaica/103)
- Forest Hills Co-op Houses
- Hammel Houses (Rockaway Beach/101)
- International Tower (South Jamaica/113)
- Latimer Gardens(Flushing/109)
- Leavitt Street-34th Avenue(Flushing/109)
- Ocean Bay Apartments (Bayside) Formerly known as Edgemere Houses (Far Rockaway/101)
- Ocean Bay Apartments (Oceanside) Formerly known as Arverne Houses (Far Rockaway/101)
- Pomonok Houses(Flushing/112)
- Queensbridge North/South Houses, the largest public housing complex in the United States. (Long Island City/114)
- Ravenswood Houses (Long Island City/114)
- Redfern Houses (Far Rockaway/101)
- Rehab Program (College Point)
- Shelton Houses (South Jamaica/113)
- South Jamaica I Houses (South Jamaica/113)
- South Jamaica II Houses (South Jamaica/113)
- Woodside Houses (Woodside/114)
Staten Island
- Berry Houses
- Cassidy-Lafayette Houses
- Mariners Harbor Houses
- New Lane Houses
- Park Hill Houses
- Richmond Terrace Houses
- South Beach Houses
- Stapleton Houses
- Todt Hill Houses
- West Brighton Houses
Social Problems From Crime To Decay
Like many other large low income housing authorities across America, many NYCHA developments have experienced social problems associated with poverty and such as vandalism of building facades, drug dealing, domestic violence and unsanitary conditions such as the disposal of garbage and defecating and urinating In the stairwells and elevators. Originally planned as temporary housing for working class families, many current residents have resided in the same developments for generations. The welfare population in NYCHA has recently dropped to under fifteen percent of families (a figure significantly lower than public housing in other American cities).
New York's public housing has been better managed than that in other cities, but poor maintenance, and vandalism have taken a toll on many developments over the decades. Most buildings are now nearing the end of their planned life expectancy (most were built to last fifty years), and over six billion dollars have been spent on renovation over the last decade. Major renovations included the replacement of over 1,000 elevators and repainting of hundreds of buildings. NYCHA also operates a central call center for repairs that has significantly speeded up apartment repairs. There remains much to do and in light of the continuing financial problems of the Authority there is some doubt if the necessary repairs across the system will be achievable. NYCHA has no plans to shut down its public housing projects due to a shortage of affordable housing, but a notable decline in building operations may come to pass if financial problems persist.
Facts
- The Brownsville section of Brooklyn has the highest concentration of low income public housing in America.
- The Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, is North America's largest housing project with 3,142 apartments.[3]
- The Bronx's largest development is Edenwald Houses in Edenwald with 2,036 apartments.
- Brooklyn's largest development is Red Hook Houses in Red Hook with 2,878 apartments.
- Manhattan's largest development is Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side with 2,391 apartments
- Staten Island's largest development is Stapleton Houses with 693 apartments.
- Staten Island has 10 developments with 4,431 apartments
- Queens has 26 developments with 17,500 apartments
- The Bronx has 98 developments with 44,179 apartments
- Brooklyn has 100 developments with 58,334 apartments
- Manhattan has 103 developments with 53,830 apartments
- 6 developments consisting of FHA Acquired Homes are located in more than one borough and total 192 apartments
- 42 developments are for seniors only; 15 seniors-only buildings exist within mixed-population developments
- NYCHA has more than 10,000 apartments designated for seniors only
- There also are 7,639 retrofitted apartments for families of persons who are mobility impaired as of September 30, 2007
As of October 1, 2007: Two developments are at least 70 years old; a total of 13 developments are at least 60 years old; there are 62 developments 50 to 59 years old; another 76 developments are 40 to 49 years old, and 95 developments are 30 to 39 years old.
Notable Residents
- Howard Schultz (Bay View Houses)
- Afrika Bambaataa (Bronx River Houses)
- Big Pun (Soundview Houses)
- Drag-on (Bronxdale Houses)
- Fat Joe (Forest Houses)
- Lord Tariq (Soundview Houses)
- M.O.P. (Prospect Plaza)
- Nas (Queensbridge Houses)
- Jay-Z (Marcy Houses)
- Remy Ma (Castle Hill Houses)
- Sincere (Albany Houses)
- Method Man (Stapleton Houses)
- Ghostface Killah (Stapleton Houses)
- Tristan Wilds (Stapleton Houses)
- Fabolous (Breevort Houses)
- Memphis Bleek (Marcy Houses)
- Sauce Money (Marcy Houses)
- Mobb Deep (Queensbridge Houses)
- Cormega (Queensbridge Houses)
- Jim Jones (Taft Houses)
- Capone (Queensbridge Houses)
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See also
References
- ^ Anna McCarthy (2003) Television, Culture, and Citizenship at the Ford Foundation Working Paper: #13 November 2003 The Cold War as Global Conflict - International Center for Advanced Studies New York University
- ^ NYCHA Brevoort
- ^ Barry, Dan. "Don't Tell Him the Projects Are Hopeless", The New York Times, March 12, 2005. Accessed July 16, 2008. "UP, up, up it rises, this elevator redolent of urine, groaning toward the rooftop of another tired building in the Queensbridge public housing development, the largest in Queens, in New York, in North America."
External links
- NYCHA website
- First comprehensive history of NYCHA
- La Guardia and Wagner Archives/New York City Housing Authority Collection
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