January 15, 2020 | Media Mentions
The Wall Street Journal
Federal Monitor of the New York City Housing Authority, Bart M. Schwartz, comments on how NYCHA handles crises during a public hearing.… Read More
December 5, 2019 | Media Mentions
New York Daily News
The New York City Housing Authority released its much-anticipated heating action plan Thursday after two months of delays and much official hand-wringing. The plan, which is required under a monitoring agreement with the federal government, will be distributed to heating plant technicians and other workers this month. The required release date of the plan was Oct. 1.… Read More
December 5, 2019 | Media Mentions
Federal Monitor Bart M. Schwartz and the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) today issued the Heat Action Plan. The plan details the requirements for responding to a heat outage at every development and for providing alternative heating community spaces during prolonged outages. It also implements training for NYCHA’s staff and specifies how NYCHA must communicate, meet with and solicit feedback from the Resident Association Presidents and other residents.
“Every NYCHA resident is entitled to heat and hot water and … Read More
December 4, 2019 | Media Mentions
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Bart Schwartz talks about his position to monitor the New York City Housing Authority and help fix the troubled agency. In 10 months, his team has visited all 320 NYCHA developments and met 190 tenant presidents. He has filed two reports concerning NYCHA and has helped spend $450 million in state funds, replacing 165 elevators and 108 boilers.… Read More