Twenty-two City Council members Wednesday blasted the Housing Authority’s plan to quadruple parking fees for public housing residents.
In a letter to NYCHA Chairman John Rhea, the officials from all five boroughs attacked his latest money-raising ploy as unfair to rent-paying tenants.
“While we recognize the need to generate more revenue for operations and much-needed capital improvements, it is simply bad policy to impose such an outrageous increase on the low- and moderate-income families that NYCHA is charged with serving,” the letter says.
Last month, NYCHA said parking rates for seniors and disabled tenants at 43 developments would jump from $60 per year to $272. Rates for all other tenants would soar from $75 to $340.
The Housing Authority faces a $60 million annual budget gap.
NYCHA declined comment on the council letter, but said the agency “is committed to improving the customer service of our Resident Parking Program.”
