Mayor de Blasio announce his administration's plans to renovate 62,000 NYCHA apartments, where he cited the necessity of secure and safe housing as a key issue.
Mayor de Blasio announced 62,000 NYCHA apartments would receive comprehensive repairs, citing the poor history of NYCHA buildings and his hope to improve upon them within his mayorship.
The de Blasio Administration announced that the City is streamlining its rental assistance programs, consolidating seven different initiatives into one, to make it easier for New Yorkers to get back on their feet or remain in their homes and simpler for landlords to participate in the programs.
Mayor de Blasio announced that his administration financed 32,116 affordable homes last year, breaking the all-time record previously set by former Mayor Ed Koch in 1989 of 25,243 units.
Mayor de Blasio appeared live at City Hall to discuss the issue of migrant children still being housed in the City without their parents and children in public housing being exposed to lead in the paint in their buildings.
Mayor de Blasio appeared live at City Hall to discuss new events in his administration, such as the $2 million NYCHA settlement, the budget for Fiscal Year 2019, and lastly school accessibility.