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Inquiry into vacant units at Red Hook Houses
1:02:45
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Council Member Avilés requests specific information about vacant units in Red Hook Houses. Eva Trimble explains the current situation and recent changes in vacancy management at the development.
- Red Hook Houses had been holding vacant units for relocations from Gowanus and Wyckoff developments
- Plans have changed, and NYCHA is now working on turning over these units
- Council Member Avilés expresses concern about Red Hook residents being relocated to distant neighborhoods like East New York
- The council member acknowledges progress in unit turnover but emphasizes the need for continued improvement given the housing crisis
Alexa Avilés
1:02:45
And could you you don't have to do this right now, but I'd like to request the office provide me with information on Red Hook houses and the number of vacant units and kind of the situation with the houses there.
Eva Trimble
1:02:58
Absolutely.
1:02:59
I will say Red Hook is still recovering.
1:03:02
We had quite a number of vacant units that we were holding in anticipation of the comprehensive modernization at Gowanus and Wyckoff.
1:03:10
And so in order to facilitate relocations and keep families in their neighborhoods, we were holding units at Red Hook in anticipation of that.
1:03:20
We since released a lot of units because the relocation plans have changed for Gowanus and Wycloth, and so we're now working on turning those over.
Alexa Avilés
1:03:28
Yeah.
1:03:28
And Red Hawk residents were being sent to East New York, which is obscene.
1:03:33
When we have vacant units in Red Hawk, we're holding them for another development, Gowanus, which is our neighbor.
1:03:40
But then when you got Red Hawk residents being sent to East New York, it doesn't make any sense at all.
1:03:44
So I'm glad to hear that those units are going to be turned over.
1:03:48
We can follow-up more specifically around that.
1:03:53
I hear you on the one to one shift, so the overall numbers don't match, but even 8,000 units in a housing crisis, we want you to continue that productivity.
1:04:04
That's what we're investing in, so we're glad to hear that there is progress even though the numbers don't feel that way.
1:04:12
We'll continue to certainly push on that.
1:04:15
In terms of we've been Chair, I'm sorry, just