Tag: hot water outages

Red Hook Houses in Brooklyn is one of many NYCHA developments where residents frequently experience outages of essential services like heat and water. The proposed NYCHA Utility Accountability Act seeks to alleviate the burden by mandating rent reductions during such outages, addressing a critical issue that disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic communities. Wikimedia photo by Jim Henderson

Proposed law to mandate rent reductions for NYCHA residents during essential service outages

April 19 | Robert Abruzzese, Courthouse Editor

A new legislative proposal, the NYCHA Utility Accountability Act, aimed at...

Mandatory heat provision period begins, and so do the complaints

October 11 | Kelly Mena

Oct. 1 marked the beginning of this year’s “heat...

17 Brooklyn NYCHA complexes faced 10 or more heat or hot water outages last year

August 14 | Noah Goldberg

More than a dozen Brooklyn NYCHA complexes experienced 10 or more unplanned...