New public housing buildings are coming to Manhattan. NYCHA announced plans Wednesday to tear down two existing complexes in Chelsea in order to make way for the new construction. But as KristieKNews found out, some residents are skeptical of the plan.
But as CBS2 found out, some residents are skeptical of the plan.
"We're not desirable to live here anymore. That's my understanding. But I'm really confused because I love living here. I don't know what I'm going to do," resident Loretta Wilson said. "It wasn't the fact of the location of this. Why? It was the fact that this was the next project that the residents and NYCHA selected that this would be a pack deal," Adams said.
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