Casey Wetherbee, Author at City Limits

Casey Wetherbee

Casey Wetherbee is a summer 2026 intern covering tenant issues for City Limits. He is a master's candidate at the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism.

Email: [email protected]
Twitter/X: @caseywetherbee

11 articles published

4 days ago

Jail Time Didn’t Stop The ‘Poster Child’ of Bad Landlords. What Will?

Tenants in buildings owned by one of New York’s most notorious landlords have suffered for years. Could Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan, which pledges to beef up the city’s capacity…

ByCasey Wetherbee 27 minRead time

Jul 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development

Bronx Tenants Are Suing to Get Their Landlords Out. Under Mamdani’s ‘Fix the City’ Plan, More Could Get the Boot.

The group’s lawyers are using a rare tactic, called 7A—which the Mamdani administration has endorsed—to sideline negligent landlords and compel repairs. Transferring management is a drastic step, but tenants say…

ByCasey Wetherbee 20 minRead time

Jul 2026

Government Health Housing and Homelessness

In Brooklyn Heights, Tenants Say They’re Fed Up With Harassment From Debtor Landlord

Rent-stabilized tenants at the historic Riverside Houses in Brooklyn Heights say years of neglect by their landlord, Pinnacle Group, has led to crumbling ceilings, brown water, and repeated pest infestations.

ByCasey Wetherbee 10 minRead time

Jul 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness

3 Takeaways From the Mamdani Administration’s First Rental Ripoff Report

The report provides a roadmap for how the Mamdani administration plans to strengthen enforcement, improve housing quality and make the market fairer, officials said.

ByCasey Wetherbee 8 minRead time

Jul 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Resources

NY Opens Section 8 Waitlists for Dozens of Buildings This Week: Here’s What You Need to Know

New York State’s Department of Housing and Community Renewal last opened its Project-Based Section 8 waitlist in 2021. The lists, which will close again on July 24, offer very low-income…

ByCasey Wetherbee 5 minRead time

Jul 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Where The Most Affordable Apartments Were Built Last Year, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

New affordable housing is still concentrated in lower-income, high-density communities, while other areas see little to no development. “We’re not yet seeing more equal distribution,” said Brendan Cheney, director of…

ByCasey Wetherbee

ByJeanmarie Evelly 7 minRead time

Jul 2026

Climate and Environment Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

As New York Swelters, Fight Heats Up Between Con Ed and Battery Storage Developers

Battery energy storage facilities could improve grid efficiency and affordability while reducing reliance on fossil fuels. But an ongoing regulatory battle with Con Edison reflects larger challenges concerning New York…

ByCasey Wetherbee 10 minRead time

Jun 2026

Climate and Environment Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Potential Loophole to NYC’s Green Buildings Law Activates This Summer, Climate Advocates Warn

In the coming weeks, renewable energy credits will go on sale for the first time since Local Law 97—which requires most large property owners to cut their buildings’ emissions—was enacted.…

ByCasey Wetherbee 8 minRead time

Jun 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

As COPA Makes a Comeback, What Does it Mean for Land to be Communally Owned?

The revised Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, which now has a majority of sponsors in the City Council, aims to strengthen community land trusts and create more opportunities to place…

ByCasey Wetherbee 13 minRead time

Jun 2026

Economy Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Tenants, Landlords and Zombies Face Off Over a Rent Freeze, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Both inside and outside the Rent Guidelines Board’s public hearing Thursday, tenants and landlords shouted, booed, and jeered at each other in almost equal measure over future rents for regulated…

ByCasey Wetherbee

ByJeanmarie Evelly 11 minRead time

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