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Mom stuck mopping bloody mess in NYCHA building after vicious slashing

Shaquana Applewhite woke up to a scene out of "The Shining" last Thursday morning with blood covering four floors, the stairwells and the lobby of the NYCHA's Bushwick Houses.

NYCHA bounces Bronx tenant president after accusing her of abusing staff

The New York City Housing Authority booted Bronx tenants council president Monique Johnson for abusing her power by treating staffers as personal helpers, The Post has learned.

Adams targets NYC sidewalk sheds — but public housing is city's worst offender with 26 MILES of scaffolding still up

No New York pedestrian would disagree with Eric Adams' characterization of the city’s ubiquitous sidewalk sheds at stalled construction sites as “ugly little green boxes.” 

NYCHA's $78 billion shock leaves privatization as the only option

NYCHA's admission that its long-term-repair needs now top $78 billion makes it inarguable that the only hope to save this housing stock is privatization.

The bill to repair NYCHA projects doubles — but pols won't fix the system

New York City Housing Authority officials just revealed the $40 billion estimated in 2017 for the new roofs, pipes and boilers the aging projects need has ballooned to $78 billion.

NYCHA woes grow as repair bill soars to a whopping $78 billion, new audit finds

The New York City Housing Authority's repair bill has exploded to more than $78 billion, nearly double the $45 billion projected in 2017.

Couple squatting in NYC public housing complex hit with child abuse charges: 'House of horrors'

A Bronx couple who had allegedly been squatting in a public housing complex were hit Monday with a slew of child neglect charges in what prosecutors are calling a "house...

City can no longer afford life-long subsidies for lucky NYCHA tenants

NYCHA has boldly —decided to tear the crumbling Fulton and Elliot-Chelsea Houses down, as it announced Wednesday.

NYC plans to demolish two NYCHA buildings, build new apartments for public housing residents

NYCHA will announce on Wednesday a $1.5 billion plan to demolish and redevelop two massive and crumbling public housing complexes in Manhattan, City Hall confirmed.

Adams will use cops to boot vagrants from NYCHA halls: 'Whole building is dangerous'

“When the mayor came, there was a man here sitting right out front of my door with a knife in his hand," Greer Smith, 72, told The Post. “It makes...

NY needs to move fast to save its cash-strapped public housing

New York City public housing is now falling apart faster than the Housing Authority can fix it.

Man, 27, jumps to his death from NYC building

The man leaped from the NYCHA building on Parsons Boulevard near 65th Avenue around midnight, police said. 

NYC housing big named new lead czar

Jasmine Blake will juggle her new duties while also continuing to serve in her current role as the chief of staff to Mayor Eric Adams' housing chief, Jessica Katz.

Woman stabbed to death in domestic incident in Harlem: cops

A woman was stabbed to death in an apparent domestic incident in a public housing unit in Harlem Saturday morning.

J.Lo's ex-bodyguard pepper-sprayed by pot-smoking teens in NYCHA building

“I saw her. They’re on film in the entrance,” Willie Gonzalez, 70, told The Post. “It’s a lack of respect. These kids don’t care anymore.”

Man found dead inside Queens apartment with hammer next to him

A 61-year-old man was found dead inside his Queens NYCHA apartment Tuesday evening -- bleeding from the mouth with a hammer next to him, cops and police sources said.

Harlem woman shot in the head in front of her kids during dispute: cops

A 41-year-old woman was shot in the head in front of her children during a dispute with a neighbor in a public housing building in Harlem Wednesday, cops said.

Two women, man stabbed in domestic dispute at NYC public housing complex

The mayhem unfolded at a building at the Polo Ground Towers on Frederick Douglass Boulevard around 10:30 p.m., cops said.

Body of NYC woman strangled in apartment found after 'foul odor' reports

Tamara Graham was discovered unconscious and unresponsive lying on the living room floor of her eighth-floor Albany Houses apartment on Troy Avenue near St. Marks Avenue in Crown Heights around...

NYCHA Chair Greg Russ to announce departure

It's "light's out" for Greg Russ.