In an SDNY courtroom, motion practise in the Baez class action mold abatement case by NYCHA residents is set to collide with the inferior HUD Settlement Agreement negotiated by the U.S. Attorney's Office. The fate of the future of public housing hangs in the balance. NASA (Fair Use)

The de Blasio administration claims that RAD/PACT provide NYCHA an escape hatch from having to guarantee habitable living conditions to public housing residents

The de Blasio administration’s claims that RAD/PACT lead to greater protections for NYCHA public housing residents is under challenge in the Baez case.

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Governments have divested from public housing in a bid to unlock the value of real estate for private landlords. To do this, public housing authorities have willingly demolished public housing. The same fate that befell Cabrini-Green in Chicago now threatens some NYCHA public housing apartment buildings, thanks to Mayor Bill de Blasio (WFP-New York City). Source : Joe M500 (CC BY 2.0). Original photograph was cropped for this photo illustration.

de Blasio plans to convert another 1,718 public housing apartments in Manhattan under RAD, even after new signaling and the unknown threat of demolition looms over NYCHA

NYCHA CEO Greg Russ has signaled a new tune on the RAD conversion of public housing, contradicting RAD conversions and demolition seemingly yet to take place.

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