Voting has concluded for residents of Stanley M. Isaacs Houses in Yorkville, Manhattan, where NYCHA said an independent third-party election administrator has begun tallying ballots on whether the development should join the Public Housing Preservation Trust, enter the PACT program, or remain Section 9. The campus contains 633 apartments and sits along East 93rd Street and First Avenue.
NYCHA said the vote met the required validity threshold, with ballots from 60 percent of all heads of household received and counted so far. Of 493 preliminary ballots cast, including 380 from heads of household, 280 voted to remain in Section 9, 200 voted to join the Trust, and 12 voted for PACT, with one invalid ballot recorded. Final results are expected on Tuesday, March 24, after any remaining mail ballots postmarked by the last day of voting are received and counted.
Isaacs Houses, via Google Maps.
Isaacs Houses is the eighth NYCHA development to hold this type of resident vote. NYCHA estimates the property has roughly $248 million in capital needs over the next 20 years, while its 2023 Physical Needs Assessment put systemwide capital needs at nearly $80 billion. Under the Trust, developments remain 100 percent public while converting to Project-Based Section 8, and under PACT, properties also shift to Project-Based Section 8 while remaining permanently affordable and under public control.
Transit near Isaacs Houses includes the Q train at 86th Street on Second Avenue, along with 4, 5, and 6 service at Lexington Avenue–86th Street.
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They are closer to the Q at 96th and second and the 6 at 96th and lexington than the stops you mention.
Kind of miserable voter turnout. It’s literally a referendum on your home and you can only get 60% of the populace. No wonder we got stuck with the abomination Tr*mp not once but twice.
Less than half of eligible voters in NYC voted for mayor last year. Some ppl just go with the flow i guess
Electrifying heating will be a major expense, unless NYCHA is eligible for an exemption. I see there has been LL11 work, such as the replacement of floor slab edge bricks. The elevator machines may be due for a change. Hopefully, they do not have galvanized steel cold water pipes. The aims ought to be at cost rather than affordable.
leaving developments under irrevocable disrepair is diabolical