Elderly NYCHA residents pressured to relocate, activists say

Elderly NYCHA residents pressured to relocate, activists say

Dorris Ruffin, who lives in the Chelsea Addition of a New York City Housing Authority development for senior citizens at 436 West 27 Drive, calls the apartment “home.” But recently, she heard a knock on the door from people who wanted to relocate her.  The City has agreed to let Related, a developer, tear down that and more than 20 neighboring buildings in the Fulton & Elliott Chelsea Houses, and relocate residents. It would essentially privatiz…