“While the focus has often been on new construction and cutting-edge green technologies, New York City’s existing buildings hold immense potential for environmental improvement.”
Government
Council Bill Looks to Simplify City’s Supportive Housing Application
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The application, dubbed form 2010E, can take months to complete and requires prospective tenants to provide their medication and hospitalization history and show proof of homelessness, as well as a recent psychiatric evaluation.
Government
Federal Challenge of NY’s Green Light Law is About Fear, Not Safety, Advocates Argue
Daniel Parra |
“Having a license has changed us,” said Luis Jiménez, president of the farmworker-led, grassroots organization Alianza Agrícola. “For me personally, it allowed me to take my children to school, and their medical appointments, without the fear of being stopped by the police and asked for a license.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time That New Yorkers Got The Real Scoop On Their Neighborhoods
Keith Powers |
“We need an all-hands-on-deck mentality to tackling quality of life issues, and the borough president should lead the charge.”
Government
City’s Top Housing Official Steps Down in Wake of Mayor’s Trump Dealings
Jeanmarie Evelly |
First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer, who oversees the city’s housing and economic development work, announced plans to resign alongside three other top City Hall officials. The tumult comes after the Justice Department ordered federal prosecutors to drop their corruption case against the mayor, citing the need for his cooperation on immigration enforcement.
Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 17-24
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Preserving Faith, Building Homes
Sara Bronin |
“New York’s proposed Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act offers a practical solution to two pressing challenges: preserving historic houses of worship and addressing the state’s severe housing crisis.”
Brooklyn
As Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan Nears Vote, How Much Can Affordability Be Pushed?
Norman Oder |
The plan could deliver 4,600 new apartments and other investments in Central Brooklyn. But passage by City Council may involve negotiations to increase the amount—and affordability—of housing at publicly owned sites.
Government
¿Qué significa la Ley Laken Riley para los inmigrantes neoyorquinos?
Daniel Parra |
La primera ley firmada por el presidente Donald Trump en su segundo mandato amplía el tipo de delitos por los algunos inmigrantes pueden ser arrestados y detenidos sin opción a libertad bajo fianza —incluso si no han sido condenados.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Trump is Wrong—Congestion Pricing is Working
Cody Lyon |
“Don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater. Give the congestion pricing program at least one full year to operate unfettered and then re-evaluate or make necessary adjustments where needed.”
Government
Why Is It So Hard To Eradicate Mold at NYCHA?
Tatyana Turner |
Despite being under court order to remediate it, mold remains a persistent problem for NYCHA, which points to its aging infrastructure and a climbing number of physical needs across its portfolio, particularly as it pertains to plumbing.
