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Over 300 of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s socialist comrades are calling on City Hall to halt a pivotal $1.2 billion public housing construction project – siding with tenants who want to stay put in their current homes, The Post has learned.
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Post → call → homes
Four Democratic Socialist of America members penned a fiery draft resolution demanding Hizzoner put a stop to the imminent demolition and reconstruction of a Manhattan New York City Housing Authority complex known as Fulton-Elliot Chelsea Houses.
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Hizzoner → pen → Houses
The proposal has since amassed 335 of the required 125 co-sponsors required to bring it to a vote at an organization-wide convention in November, making it among the most popular measures to be voted on by the left-wing group this year, a source close to the matter confirmed.
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source → amass → matter
“The Chapter calls on Mayor Mamdani to halt this demolition, and, in doing so, we are uplifting the demands of the organized residents of Fulton and Elliot-Chelsea,” the nearly six-page document reads.
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document → call → Fulton
The resolution condemns Mamdani for forging ahead with the private-public partnership agreement between NYCHA and Related Companies through the cities RAD-PACT program “despite unambiguous protests from residents and community members,” according to a screenshot obtained by The Post.
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resolution → condemn → Post
The DSA resolution also slams the city for kicking off the “watershed demolition” in Chelsea – a tony Manhattan neighborhood – while other NYCHA complexes remain un-remedied in “much worse structural shape.”
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complexes → slam → shape
The project would also force residents who currently reside in section 9 government housing to section 8 voucher-based housing.
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who → force → housing
Brooklyn Council member Chris Banks, chair of the council committee for public housing and a champion for saving section 9 housing, said he welcomes any group ready to support the cause.
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he → save → cause
“Folks are fighting for their lives and we welcome them taking this position in wanting to invest and preserve traditional public housing,” he said.
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he → fight → housing
“I hope the mayor listens.”
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mayor → hope → ?
Despite the pushback, Mamdani doubled down on the project in statement Friday, which he touted as a way to remedy federal disinvestment from NYCHA – which now faces an over $80 billion need in capital repairs.
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which → double → repairs
“The Mamdani Administration supports the redevelopment of Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses because NYCHA tenants deserve safe, healthy homes and the investment that has been denied to public housing for far too long,” said Matt Rauschenbach, a spokesman for the mayor in a statement.
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Rauschenbach → support → statement
“Too many leaders have walked away from public housing.
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leaders → walk → housing
We are not going to.
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We → go → ?
We are stepping up to make the investments NYCHA tenants have been waiting for — and we believe this project should move forward.
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project → step → investments
The future of Fulton-Elliot Chelsea houses has been a point of contention since the city entered into its agreement with Related Companies to demolish and rebuild the dilapidated complex under Mayor Eric Adams in 2021.
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city → enter → 2021
The project seeks to rebuild all campus’s current 2,056 apartments and add an additional 3,000 units of mixed-income and market-rate housing.
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project → seek → housing
The construction plan will temporarily force the relocation of 4% of all current tenants – including residents of a senior-only building.
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plan → force → building
But stubborn seniors in the 17-building complex are digging in their heels and refusing to relocate.
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seniors → dig → heels
“I’m not going anywhere!” Doris Ruffin, 67, said in a recent interview.
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Ruffin → go → interview
“They’re gonna have to knock this building down with me in it.”
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They → go → it
The proposal is expected to be voted on at the DSA-NYC biennial convention on Nov. 4 – where delegates representing the DSA’s roughly 15,500 vote on various proposals for the group to endorse over the next two years.
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group → expect → years
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