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Knocking Down the PJs? NYC Considers Building Mixed-Income Residence on Site of Public Housing
Ask any native New Yorkers, especially black and brown New Yorkers, and “word on the street” has long been the notion that with gentrification would come the demolition of public housing, long the place many poorer black and brown New Yorkers have called home. Now comes word that the idea is no longer just a…
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The Public Health Crisis Hitting New York City's Most Vulnerable Black and Brown Children
Earlier this month, New York City finally admitted that more children than were initially listed had been exposed to lead in the city’s public housing units. The total amount submitted by the city’s health department—820 kids under the age of 6 alone—far eclipsed a previous number of 18 given by the New York City Housing…
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Jury Awards Mom $57,000,000 After Daughter Tests Positive for High Levels of Lead; Housing Authority Found Responsible: Report
Eight years after learning that her daughter had tested positive for dangerous levels of lead—the result of living for years in lead-tainted public housing—Tiesha Jones has finally received some measure of justice. On Friday, a Bronx, N.Y., jury awarded Jones a $57 million verdict against the New York City Housing Authority for failing to do…
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