City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

Adi Talwar

A view from Nixon Avenue on Staten Island towards Bay Street and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.

Upcoming Housing and Land Use-Related Events:

  • Wednesday, March 29 at 1 p.m.: Advocates with Housing Justice for All will hold a rally calling for passage of Good Cause Eviction legislation as part of their Albany “day of action” before the state’s budget deadline. The event will be streamed live on Facebook. More here.
  • Thursday, March 30, at 9:30 a.m.: New York City’s Rent Guidelines Board will hold its first meeting to discuss the 2023 Income and Expense Study, which it uses to make decisions on potential rent changes for stabilized apartments. More here. 
  • Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 10 a.m.: NYCHA’s board will hold its monthly meeting. More here. 
  • Friday, March 31, all day: This is the last day to apply to NYCHA Youth Tech Corps, a 10-week program to teach NYCHA residents aged 16-24 technology skills. More here. 
  • Saturday, April 1 at 2:30 p.m.: The Ridgewood Tenant Union will hold a forum at the local public library branch about gentrification. More here. 
  • Tuesday, April 4, from 6 to 8 p.m.: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) will hold a public workshop about its plan to build affordable housing on the North Shore of Staten Island at a publicly owned, 115,000 square-foot site at 539 Jersey St. More here. 
  • Tuesday, April 4, from 6 to 7 p.m.: CUNY School of Law’s Housing Rights Project will hold a panel discussion on “alternative approaches to housing justice.” More here. 

NYC Affordable Housing Lotteries Ending Soon: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) are closing lotteries on the following subsidized buildings over the next week.