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A joint City Council hearing Tuesday tackled a multiyear bribery scandal that affected more than 100 developments across the city. “These charges are unacceptable and robbed the residents of NYCHA of getting more important jobs done,” one tenant leader testified.
The length of time it takes NYCHA to rent out available apartments has climbed in recent years, one of many factors exacerbating the city's affordable housing crisis, lawmakers say. "They just say it's not ready," said one resident currently living in a homeless shelter who has been waiting more than 10 months to move into the NYCHA unit she was approved for.
Vaccine hesitancy reflects a transformation of people’s core beliefs about what we owe each other.