Politics & Government
The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing NYCHA Repairs
NYCHA has canceled more and more repairs requests since Hurricane Sandy.
Written by C. Zawadi Morris
The New York City Housing Authority has canceled so many tenant repair requests since Hurricane Sandy, it has created a huge administrative backlog and mountains of problems for tenants still waiting for fixes, reported the New York Daily News.
NYCHA cancels repair requests if they determine a problem has been resolved or if they’re unable to gain access repeatedly to the requestor’s apartment Usually the agency averages about 25,000 cancellations per month.
But after Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29, the number of repair cancellations began to climb: In November NYCHA cancelled 40,802 repair requests, in December, 38,440. In January, just before Bloomberg announced the crackdown, NYCHA cancelled 58,000 requests — a record.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg has promised to slash the backlog of work orders by 2014.
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