The chairman of the New York City Housing Authority announced plans to raise rents by between 5 to 15 percent for higher-income residents.
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(NY Times) -- The chairman of the New York City Housing Authority painted a bleak financial picture of the agency at a City Council hearing on Thursday, saying that without increased government aid the authority would raise rents for some tenants and eliminate hundreds of community centers and resident programs. The agency — the largest public housing authority in the United States, with 406,000 residents in 2,600 buildings — has made deep cuts in its spending and its work force in recent years to contend with ever-growing budget gaps. But the steps outlined on Thursday by the agency’s chairman, Tino Hernandez, and its general manager, Douglas Apple, were some of the most severe cutbacks the agency has proposed as it sought to close a $195 million deficit in its operating budget this year. Toward the end of the housing officials’ testimony before several committees, about two dozen tenant activists stood up in the Council chambers at City Hall and chanted, “Put residents first!” as they marched out.
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