NYCHA Tenants Urge NYS to Declare a State of Emergency

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 7, 2018

Groups representing tenants are asking New York State to declare a state of emergency to address failures in NYCHA's buildings. Jim Walden, lawyer for the City Council of Presidents (the elected leadership of NYCHA tenants) and Danny Barber, Citywide Council of Presidents chair, discuss this and their lawsuit against the housing authority. Plus: City Council member and chair of the New York City Council Housing and Buildings Committee, Robert Cornegy, Jr. (D-district 36, Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights), weighs in on the problems at NYCHA.

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