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As spring nears, Coney Island is preparing for another season. Luna Park, the amusement park at Coney Island, is looking to fill 100 more positions than last year at the park and in the concession stands.

John Rhea, the New York City Housing Authority's chairman, talks about their new strategic plan--including selling off air-rights and other strategies to raise revenue to support the city's public housing. 

The New York City Housing Authority may sell air rights to help offset its crippling deficit, according to its five-year plan released Monday.

The struggling New York City Housing Authority is relying on the generosity of corporations to help build parks on its properties — and giving naming rights in return.

Thirty-six tenement style buildings in Central Harlem will soon become a mix of public housing and privately owned apartments for low and moderate income families.

Public housing buildings are falling into disrepair at a rate faster than the New York City Housing Authority can keep up with them, according to a resident survey.

Senior citizens living in public housing are more likely to smoke, suffer from obesity and overall be in worse health than seniors citywide, according to a health study commissioned by the city.

New York City Housing Authority Chairman John Rhea broke down the fiscal budget during a City Council hearing Thursday — saying the 2011 budget is balanced but the fate of the 2012 budget rests in the hands of Congress.

Tenants at a Lower East Side public housing development say the city's housing authority is pressuring them to give up their larger apartments for smaller ones that fit their family size.  Many of the tenants are senior citizens who've lived in their current home decades.

The New York City Housing Authority struggles with call volume, causing delays in housing repairs.