A controversial plan to tear down and rebuild all 2,056 apartment units in NYCHA’s Fulton and Chelsea-Elliott Houses can move forward, an appeals court ruled last week.
All 18 existing NYCHA buildings holding the 2,056 units will be demolished and rebuilt into six taller and narrower buildings over the course of seven years, with current residents moving into the new residences as they are finished. The project will be completed jointly by the city and private developers Related Companies and Essence and include an additional 3,454 privately owned mixed-income apartments on the NYCHA campus, 1,038 of which will be set aside at affordable rates.
