City leaders and lawmakers say thousands of public housing residents in New York City who have been forced to live with leaks, mold, broken elevators and busted boilers may finally see better living conditions.
City leaders and lawmakers say thousands of public housing residents in New York City who have been forced to live with leaks, mold, broken elevators, and busted boilers may finally see better living conditions in what could amount to a fundamental shift in how public housing is funded in the city.
The legislation, backed by Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul, was adopted in the Senate by a vote of 38 to 25 on the final day of the legislative session. The Assembly approved it on Wednesday in a 132-18 vote. The bill is now heading to Hochul’s desk, and the governor is expected to sign it. Under the proposal, up to 25,000 apartments could be leased to the newly established trust, which would convert the units from public housing under Section 9 of the U.S. Housing Act, to the system of rental vouchers known as Section 8, allowing NYCHA to access additional federal funding. The housing authority would continue to own and operate the buildings and the land.
The newly formed public-benefit corporation would be run by a nine-member board, which would include four NYCHA residents, two NYCHA executives and a deputy mayor. The remaining two positions would be appointed by the housing authority’s chief executive and by the mayor. Tenants and advocacy groups say they’re concerned that the plan could threaten or weaken many of the rock-solid protections NYCHA residents currently enjoy, such as the right to an administrative hearing before the housing authority can move to evict them, and the ability to pass an apartment on to the next generation. They also fear that giving the trust the power to borrow money exposes NYCHA to potential financial troubles in the future if the trust can’t pay back its loans.
,” said that while direct federal funding for public housing under Section 9 may have worked in the past, NYCHA now has little choice but to pursue funding where it is available.
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