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The city has distributed 91 percent of the roughly 7,800 new emergency housing vouchers (EHVs) they received last May—a dramatic increase since March, when they had issued less than a…

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘It’s Like a Slum’: Supportive Housing Tenants Cope with Violation-Filled Homes. Provider Blames Underfunding

Postgraduate Center for Mental Health has $130 million in two cash reserves and steady funding from the state, but conditions inside the apartments it rents for low-income tenants continue to…

ByDavid Brand 27 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say

Eric Adams’ “Housing Our Neighbors” blueprint is missing key details about how to track and accomplish its broad goals, according to critics. City officials pledged to include the updated benchmarks…

ByDavid Brand 16 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Proyecto de ley del concejo podría obligar a la ciudad a informar el censo real de refugios para personas sin hogar—eventualmente

El total comúnmente citado por los funcionarios de la ciudad excluye a miles de personas que se alojan en refugios administrados por organismos distintos del Departamento de Servicios para Personas…

ByDavid Brand 12 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

What Would It Take to Move Street Homeless New Yorkers into Housing?

If the ultimate goal is housing, might there be a way to save lives and money by giving some people a key to their own apartment without the wait, bypassing…

ByDavid Brand 28 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Politics

De Blasio Wants Impeachment Probe for Justices Who Struck Roe

De Blasio told City Limits that he wants to see New York City-style right-to-shelter laws for people experiencing homelessness in all cities, rent regulation across the country and a path…

ByDavid Brand 10 minRead time

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Jun 2022

Housing and Homelessness

Drug Overdoses Continue to Rise Inside NYC Homeless Shelters

The number of drug overdoses inside Department of Homeless Services shelters reached new heights in the second half of 2021, though staff and clients managed to reverse more than 90…

ByDavid Brand 2 minRead time

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Jun 2022

Government News Politics

Red Caps and Red Berets—Inside a Giuliani Election Night Party

Hours after a White House aide told Congress that Rudy Giuliani sought a presidential pardon for trying to topple American democracy, the ex-mayor—who denied that accusation—greeted a coterie of well-wishers…

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Housing, Reproductive Rights on Voters’ Minds as Quiet NY Primary Unfolds

Tuesday marked the first of this year’s primary elections in New York. Some voters told City Limits they were motivated to show up by the recent, controversial U.S Supreme Court…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByLiz Donovan

ByDavid Brand 14 minRead time

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

In Wake of SoHo Rezoning, Development Divides a Manhattan Assembly Race

With New York City mired in a historic affordability crisis, the Lower Manhattan Assembly race between Deborah Glick and challenger Ryder Kessler appears to be a microcosm of a broader…

ByDavid Brand 16 minRead time

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After Slow Start, NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers

‘It’s Like a Slum’: Supportive Housing Tenants Cope with Violation-Filled Homes. Provider Blames Underfunding

Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say

Proyecto de ley del concejo podría obligar a la ciudad a informar el censo real de refugios para personas sin hogar—eventualmente

What Would It Take to Move Street Homeless New Yorkers into Housing?

De Blasio Wants Impeachment Probe for Justices Who Struck Roe

Drug Overdoses Continue to Rise Inside NYC Homeless Shelters

Red Caps and Red Berets—Inside a Giuliani Election Night Party

Housing, Reproductive Rights on Voters’ Minds as Quiet NY Primary Unfolds

In Wake of SoHo Rezoning, Development Divides a Manhattan Assembly Race

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