With crime a serious problem in many public housing developments, Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration is reviving an old tactic that it hopes will restore order —  publishing a "Not Wanted List" of tenants who commit crimes on NYCHA properties, as NY1's Ruschell Boone reports.

If your neighbor was accused of a serious crime would you want to know about it?

Many at the Queensbridge Houses say yes, after the city said it will once again name tenants who have been banned from public housing for committing murder, rape, drug dealing and other serious offenses on the premises.

The names will be printed in NYCHA's newsletter. 

"It's a good idea to put it back in the newsletter so people will be aware of what's going on," one resident said.

Under the old "Not Wanted List" the city printed not only the names, but also the case numbers and addresses of tenants convicted of serious crimes. Mayor de Blasio ended the practice in June 2014, five months after taking office. The city called it ineffectual, but many residents said it was informative and pushed for the city to bring it back.

"Cause you don't want to be living next to a pedophile and you have four kids in your house," said another NYCHA resident. "So I think it's a great that they're doing."

The city's legal department is working on the details of the new list so it's not clear if the old format will change. Queensbridge is one of 15 developments considered high crime. NYCHA revealed plans to bring back the list after a city council hearing Monday on what it's doing to fight crime in public housing.

"Work in progress," said another resident. "Progress is happening. It's a great thing."

But not everyone is excited.  Some people are concerned. Not only about the list, but also the practice of banning residents.

Bishop Mitchell Taylor, a leader in the Queensbridge community, says people deserve a second chance. 

"You know we don't want to make people pay twice," Taylor said. "If someone makes a mistake and they go to prison, they serve their time, paid their debt to society."  

"What's going to eventually happen and why I'm against it people are going to be ostracized," said April Simpson, president of the tenants association at the Queensbridge Houses. "They are going to be targeted as, 'Oh you're a bad person because of something you did years ago.'"

The city says the ban can be lifted if the person stays out of trouble and has been rehabilitated.