When Elevators Break, These NYCHA Residents Are Stuck in Their Apartments
Surfside Gardens in Coney Island, home to a large population of seniors and residents with disabilities, has long struggled with infrastructure failures that residents say NYCHA has been slow to fix.
Elevator breakdowns are the most disruptive: the development experienced 140 such outages across its five buildings in 2025, including one that lasted 11 days. Service logs also show 10 instances of full “no service” conditions last year, meaning a building had no functioning elevators at all.
For Deidre King, 58, who uses a wheelchair, that can mean being abruptly and indefinitely stuck inside. “I can’t come down the stairs,” said King. “So when the elevators break, I have to stay upstairs.”
A bankruptcy judge denied a motion from the Mamdani administration to delay an auction of 5,000 rent stabilized units tenants hoped to preserve, in an early blow to the mayor’s efforts on housing.
Mamdani Looks to Phase Out Emergency Migrant Shelters That Don’t Meet City Standards
The city had temporarily suspended requirements for some shelters during a surge of new immigrant arrivals, so that it could more quickly set up emergency sites. Mayor Mamdani now wants a plan to bring all facilities back in compliance with rules about capacity and other standards.
Department Of City Planning Shutters Design Division
Last month, the Department of City Planning reassigned the central design division that used zoning tools to manage public spaces and craft neighborhood character. Critics say the move will deprioritize livability as the city pledges to build more housing.
Everything Zohran Mamdani Did on Housing During His First Days as Mayor
Following his inauguration Thursday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued an executive order to revitalize the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants and announced a series of upcoming public hearings for renters across the city to air their grievances.
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Mamdani terminará refugios de emergencia para inmigrantes que no cumplan con estándares de la ciudad
En 2024, la ciudad suspendió temporalmente varias regulaciones para algunos refugios mientras llegaban inmigrantes, con el fin de poder levantar más rápidamente refugios de emergencia. El alcalde Mamdani quiere ahora un plan para que todas las instalaciones vuelvan a cumplir las normas sobre capacidad y otros estándares.
