New bill from Rep. Torres would give NYCHA more construction flexibility

“My bill, if enacted, would enable NYCHA to make better, cheaper and faster repairs, reducing costs by up to 10 percent and expediting capital improvements by a year and a half,” Torres told the Daily News on Monday. “NYCHA urgently needs not only more funding but also greater efficiency. Modernizing NYCHA for the 21st century is critical to confronting the humanitarian crisis in public housing.”