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City Council Candidates Rail Against Conversions

'I am fundamentally opposed to the privatization of public housing as an institution,' says Rick Echevarria

City Council Candidates Rail Against Conversions

City Council Candidates Rail Against Conversions

'I am fundamentally opposed to the privatization of public housing as an institution,' says Rick Echevarria

City Council Candidates Rail Against Conversions
With more than 600,000 residents, the New York City Housing Authority or NYCHA is home to one in fifteen New Yorkers. The real number is likely higher due to unreported and unofficial residents. And the problems plaguing NYCHA are no secret.

In 2018, the United States filed a complaint against NYCHA alleging that it failed to provide “decent, safe, and sanitary” housing to its residents…

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