EDITORS’ NOTE: A word about the impact of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA): It is the largest public housing authority in North America, created in 1934 to provide decent, affordable housing for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers. NYCHA is home to one in 17 New Yorkers, providing affordable housing to 520,808 authorized residents through public housing and Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) programs as well as Section 8 housing.

Even the most ‘well-heeled’ neighborhoods in the brownstone belt, particularly around Downtown Brooklyn, exist ‘cheek by jowl’ with a NYCHA development. NYCHA has 177,569 apartments in 2,411 buildings across 335 conventional public housing and PACT developments. In addition, NYCHA connects residents to critical programs and services fr

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