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Tenants at NYCHA’s Riis Houses Will Vote on Whether to Shift to Private Management
Unlike other developments where NYCHA has held votes in recent years, residents at the Jacob Riis Houses will choose between only two options: the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) ...
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NPS Ranger Tells the Story of Jacob Riis – with a Surprise Ending of his Own
On Sunday, February 2nd, visitors convened at the Ryan Visitor Center in Floyd Bennett Field to enjoy a National Park Service ...
The American Conservative6y
A NYC Tenement Legacy Persists, Despite Gentrification
When Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives in ... These streets have names, not numbers. They once had houses with yards, which were gradually replaced by tenements. The pattern of blocks ...
NYCHA residents across NYC protest what they say are inhumane conditions. How the housing authority is responding
Residents are saying "enough is enough." Outside the Jacob Riis Houses on the Lower East Side, residents protested with a ...