Opinion: New York's Legislature Must Act to Address Utility Outages in NYCHA citylimits.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from citylimits.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After Superstorm Sandy-related reconstruction knocked out the gas line to several Red Hook West buildings in January, some tenants are seeking compensation for the disruption.
The Midtown Community Court was founded 30 years ago as a “problem-solving court” designed to unjam the city’s jails and courtrooms by providing social services and other programming to low-level criminal offenders in lieu of more serious penalties. Since then, courts following similar models have quietly spread to almost every state in the country, and plans for even more are in the works.
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New York City lawmakers are calling for stronger oversight of how NYCHA handles tenants' repair requests, citing complaints from residents about work orders languishing or getting closed without an actual fix.