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In 2013, New York City Housing Authority tenant Susan Bourne had a stroke that completely paralyzed the right side of her body.
The former clerical associate for the Administration for Children’s Services had moved to her Staten Island apartment 30 years earlier with her young son. But she hasn’t been back since the incident. For more than a decade, she’s lived at the Sea View Rehabilitation Center on Staten Island.
With the facility’s help, her condition improved: She is now able to speak, feed herself and breathe on her own. And in 2018, she was ready to return home.
But since her stroke, Susan uses a wheelchair, and her apartment is not accessible. She can’t get into her shower without assistance, can’t reach her kitchen cabinets and can’t make it through narrow doorways and turns.
The now 71-year-old Bourne has repeatedly asked NYCHA to either update her apartment to make it usable to her or transfer her to an accessible unit. But instead of making the modifications, NYCHA has waged a yearslong campaign to evict her.
Now, she’s suing in federal court.
Read more here about the Staten Island woman who’s fighting to regain access to her apartment after a debilitating stroke.
Weather 🌧️
Chilly with likely rain in the morning, highs in the low to mid 40s.
MTA 🚇
There’s no overnight 5 train in The Bronx between Dyre Ave and East 180 Street through Thursday. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, April 7.
By the way…
There’s just over a week left to do your taxes! Don’t pay to do them if you don’t have to!
Our Other Top Stories
Nearly a decade after a brutal beating by prison guards, Matthew Raymond has finally gotten some semblance of justice in the form of a $1.2 million settlement from the Department of Corrections. After years of his complaints being dismissed — even when another prisoner reported a nearly identical experience — his case gained attention after it received front page coverage co-authored by one of THE CITY’s reporters in a Daily News article. Raymond believes that coverage “saved his life.”
The federal transportation chief who trashed the subway as a “sh-thole” took a photo-op train ride with Mayor Eric Adams on Friday — but didn’t bother giving a heads-up to the MTA. In his latest jab at New York’s transit system, Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hinted that he’d sic the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on the MTA to audit their spending.
Things To Do
Here are some free and low-cost things to do around the city this week.
Monday, April 7: See the 158th international exhibition of the American Watercolor Society. The exhibit features 151 artists from around the world. The Salgamundi Club in Manhattan, 6 p.m.
Monday, April 7: All board games are welcome — as long as they’re not Monopoly. Bring friends or make new ones at this anti-monopoly board game social. Pinebox Rockshop in Bushwick, 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 8: It’s free cone day at Ben & Jerry’s! Get a free ice cream cone at any Ben & Jerry’s locations.
THE KICKER: An Upper West Side movie theater that opened during the Great Depression has been boarded up for 20 years — but after being purchased by a nonprofit, it’s on a path to reopening.
Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Monday.
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