In Manhattan, dozens of older New Yorkers living in NYCHA housing now fear for their future after they received a 90-day notice to move out of a building in Chelsea that only houses seniors.

Chants of “save our homes” were heard outside the Chelsea Addition on West 27th Street.

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New York City Housing Authority seniors have received a 90-day vacate order to leave the Chelsea Addition, a senior housing residence run by NYCHA. Residents are supposed to move into a temporary residence on the same campus in Chelsea to make way for construction of a new building that could open in three years

While more than two dozen seniors have already accepted the offer to relocate, many others do not want to move, saying they feel safer living in a residence that is only for seniors

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