Council progressives call for rentals within reach

Council progressives call for rentals within reach

Almost exactly 100 years ago, then-First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt spoke at the ribbon cutting of the first NYCHA development. She stressed how public housing could reshape the tenement buildings that defined early 20th century life, saying, “for the first time the rentals are within the reach” of the residents who lived in the notorious slums.  With an urgent affordability crisis confronting our city, the New York City Council Progressive Caucus i…