Community Voices Heard

On Thursday May 29th Community Voices Heard Members and Leaders who are also public housing residents went to the city council hearing in order to demand funding to close the budget gap in the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Today's New York Times Metro Section featured the article below on the front page. This article highlights how dire the situation in public housing in New York is right now. They will be closing down senior centers and community-based programs. Tino Hernandez is quoted as saying, “As chairman of the New York City Housing Authority, I am here to tell you today that the future of public housing is at stake." This shows how important CVH's work in public housing is at this time. The dozens of residents mentioned in this article were mobilized by CVH and are CVH members. Board Member and Public Housing Resident Agnes Rivera is quoted in the El Diario article also posted below. There is also an article from the Brooklyn Eagle about this event. They did not mention CVH but there is a picture of the press conference.