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Council member calls for increased transparency and resident-informed decision-making
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Councilman Banks strongly urges NYCHA to provide timely and accurate information to residents about decisions and operations affecting their homes. He emphasizes that this transparency is crucial to break harmful cycles of mismanagement and erosion of trust.
- Banks expresses reservations about the future of the PACT program if transparency is not improved
- He stresses the importance of residents being able to make informed decisions about their housing
- The councilman hopes the hearing will lead to meaningful steps towards greater transparency in public housing
Chris Banks
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We hope to hear such commitments from NYCHA today, but if we don't, I have serious reservations about the future of the PAC program and its ability to truly serve the residents.
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Moving forward, it is imperative that NYCHA provide timely and accurate information to residents about decisions and operations that affect the safety and livability of their homes.
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Otherwise, harmful cycles of mismanagement, deteriorating living conditions, and erosion of the trust will continue.
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I hope that today's forum provides an opportunity for us to make meaningful steps towards stopping these cycles and ushering in a new era of proactive transparency in the city's public housing.