Shola Olatoye
Latest NYC housing corruption is just the tip of the iceberg for city gov't
Last week’s bribery charges against 70 New York City Housing Authority employees are just the latest in a long list of scand𒊎als by low- and mid-level public workers in New...
♌ NYCHA falls behind on lead sweﷺep of public housing apartments
The city’s embattled Housing Authority is ending 2019 the way it began — behind the ball on lead paint checks. Officials have only 🌳iꦬnspected 28,000 of the 137,000 apartments they...
Minneapolis housing chair front-runner ꦯto become new NYCHA head
The formal announcement of a ꦐnew chairperson for the embattled agency could come as soon as Tuesday, the sources added.
De Blasio: I didn't lie about NYCHA data on kids exposed to lead
Mayor de Blasio insisted on Thursday that he didn't cherry pick data when he claimed only 4 kids in public housing tested positive for elevated lead levels -- when the... ♚
N🅘YCHA sticks with bad software that𒐪 failed to track lead-paint issues: lawyer
NYCHA is trying to fix its lead-paint debacle with the same faulty computer software that helped create the problem in the first place, a lawy✤er fo꧟r a tenants organization claimed...
Judges agree: NYCHA ca🍨nnot be trusted to clean up its messes
The verdict is in: Mayor Bill de Blasio’s public Housing Authority cannot be trusted🌼 to fix its dan🐼gerously moldy and lead paint-riddled buildings. That’s the conclusion two separate New York...
Judge orders NYCHA to inspect thousands of apartm♊ents 🅰for lead paint
A Manhattan judge has ordered NYCHA officials to inspect thousands of apartments for lead paint within 90 days or face cross-examination by lawyers🔜 for tenants about the agency's failings. "She...
NYCHA tenants demand rent rebates after heat an♋d hot water outages
Low-income residents h⛎ave filed�� a class action lawsuit against the New York City Housing Authority demanding rent rebates for going without heat and hot water last winter. A'Seelah and Tyrone...
De Blasio praises exiting NYCHA boss despite agency's scandals
Mayor Bill de B🌱lasio on Tuesday again came to the defense of New York City Housing Authority Chair Shola Olatoye who had falsely certified that lead-paint inspections had been conducted...
Beleaguered NYCHA chair Shola Ola❀toye iဣs resigning
Embattled NYCHA chair Shola Olatoye — who faced strong criticism for her handlin♚g of lead paint inspections and poor living conditions — is stepping down from her post, City Hall...
ꦕ ♛ City still ignoring lead paint conditions in public housing: advocates
𝐆 NYCHA continues to break the law by ignoring toxic lead paint conditions, advocates charged Monday a𝓰s they asked a Manhattan judge to order inspections within 90 days at units housing...
Cuomo says NYCHA only fosters criminal behavior 🐷
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday stepped up his criticism of New York City’𝓰s public-housing projects — blaming the decrepit conditions for helping breed criminals. "They talk🌄 about the school-to-prison pipeline,...
NYCHA's union problem
There’s an elephant in the room of theꦺ city’s public-housing woes that the politicians don’t want to discuss: the role of labor unions — which boost costs and make it...
𓆏 Union workers get the best𝐆 perks at NYCHA
The New York Ci꧟ty Housing Authority is a great place to be — if you’re a union worker. Perks for union staffers at NYCHA include guaranteed day shifts, plenty of...
Cuomo to meet 𒆙NYCHA tꦕenants after declaring emergency
🎐 While Mayor de Blasio was at a Texas mus༺ic festival peddling his national agenda, Gov. Cuomo Sunday was quick to jump in on some Big Apple issues critics say Hizzoner...
😼 NYCHA blames tenant for year♕s-worth of mold damage
Taxpꦐayer-paid city bureaucrats abandoned 8ꦯ3-year-old Albertha Fernandez for yet another weekend in a city-owned apartment infested with disgusting mold. “Slumlord” New York City Housing Authority workers were nowhere to be...
This senior citizen has been waiꦬting 3 years for NYCHA to fix her mold-infested apartment 👍
She has lived for 62 years in a complex in The Bronx, but Albertha Fernandez is now battling for her life because the New York City 🐲Housing Authority hasn’t removed...
Cuomo: NYCHA problems✃ stem from poor management
Gov. Cuomo took another sharp slap at Mayor de Blasio's oversight of the Newꦑ York City Housing Authority, saying the agency's numerous problems stem from poor ma🌼nagement, not underfunding. “The...
NYCHA 'slumlords' sued by tenant advocates
𒈔 Tenant advocates🦩 announced Tuesday that they are suing the New York City Housing Authority to get a monitor to oversee the agency because it has allowed "systemic violations of the...
NYCܫHA chief 𒉰says City Hall ignored her pleas for more resources
The leader of t🥀he beleaguered New York City Housing Authority for the first time on Tuesday blamed some of her agency’s numerous failings on City Hall. Shola Olatoye, who fielded... 🍨