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Our docuseries ends at Family Day, a day of celebration and community for those living in Seth Low houses. There, residents ask what it will take for people and politicians to see the residents of NYCHA as a community worth fighting for.
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A Dream Deferred: The Broken Promise of New York City Public Housing
What is it like living in North America’s largest public housing authority? We meet residents, young and old, grappling with health, safety, and quality of life issues, under the neglected conditions of NYCHA. This five-part docuseries explores the problems within NYCHA and the people fighting for better living conditions and accountability for themselves and their community.
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Politicians at the local, state, and federal level have made promises to the NYCHA community, but what is actually being done? This episode of “A Dream Deferred” follows the politics of NYCHA and the response from residents seeking improved conditions.
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Shelevya Pearson brought her newborn daughter Sakajawia home to NYCHA. Eleven years later, Shelevya claims that NYCHA's poor maintenance has played a role in her daughter's health conditions. Unfortunately, with children hospitalizations for asthma being higher in Brownsville than the rest of New York City, their story is not uncommon.
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Maintenance issues in NYCHA can go unresolved for months, forcing some residents to protect their homes and their health by taking matters into their own hands. In the second episode of "A Dream Deferred: The Broken Promise of New York City Public Housing", we look at the infrastructure of NYCHA and why residents are saying "enough is enough."
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In this first episode of our series, the residents of NYCHA walk us through what life was like in Brownsville, Brooklyn -- the most concentrated public housing neighborhood in America – and what it looks like today. Lifelong residents NYCHA reflect on the better days of public housing and grapple with its current state of neglect.
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About the series: “What happens to a dream deferred?” (Langston Hughes, Harlem, 1951). Residents of public housing in New York moved in with the promise of affordable housing and a stepping stone to financial stability and independence. But, lack of…
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“What happens to a dream deferred?” (Langston Hughes, Harlem, 1951). Residents of public housing in New York moved in with the promise of affordable housing and a stepping stone to financial stability and independence. But, lack of oversight and political…
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The residents of NYCHA show what life is like in New York's largest housing authority.