Housing
The $40 Billion Housing Headache Facing New York’s Next Mayor
The city’s public housing units are plagued by mold, lead paint, vermin and heat outages. Mayoral candidates are split on what to do about it.
At the Twin Parks complex for seniors in the Bronx, residents say they had little to no heat this winter. At Stuyvesant Gardens in Brooklyn, rats have taken over a playground and are coming inside the building.
These are just two of the 300 New York City Housing Authority developments that are falling apart. NYCHA needs $40 billion to renovate apartment buildings built mostly between 1945 and 1970 and now plagued by mold, lead paint, vermin and elevator and heat outages.