Judge Rejects $2 Billion Deal to Overhaul New York City’s Public Housing

FILE -- The Manhattanville Houses in West Harlem in New York, July 18, 2018. A federal judge on Nov. 14, 2018, rejected a sweeping settlement agreement that would have appointed a monitor to oversee the troubled New York City Housing Authority and would have required the city to pump more than $2 billion into repairs at the authority’s deteriorating buildings. (Kholood Eid/The New York Times)