A public housing employee made more than $465,000 in a year with overtime, while apparently running two private plumbing businesses at the same time. The city is investigating.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan will include measures to improve New York City’s crumbling public housing system.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “rental ripoff” hearings exclude public housing tenants from testifying, despite the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) being labeled the “worst” landlord in the city.WHO WAS INVOLVED: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, NYCHA tenants, private landlords, and Humberto Lopes of Gotham Housing Alliance.WHEN & WHERE: The first […] The post Mamdani’s ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearings Ban NYC Public Housing Tenants from Criticizing City. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s “rental ripoff” hearings exclude public housing tenants from testifying, despite the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) being labeled the “worst” landlord in the city. WHO WAS INVOLVED: NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, NYCHA tenants, private landlords, and Humberto Lopes of Gotham Housing Alliance. WHEN & WHERE: The first hearing is scheduled for February 26 in New York City. KEY QUOTE: “The city’s own tenants—those living in public housing—are demanding a real plan to improve their living conditions… If these hearings were truly about holding bad landlords accountable, the over 500,000 residents in NYCHA would be able to meaningfully participate.” —…Open
'I see a lot of waste'
Mayor Zohran Mamdani has pledged to hold private landlords accountable. But he has said less about how he will fix the crumbling public housing system he now oversees.
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has criticized landlords and vowed to freeze what tenants in rent-stabilized apartments pay monthly.