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“Using police to remove the homeless off the subways, we have to be very careful about that,” Councilmember Diana Ayala said in an interview on WBAI’s City Watch. “Most of…

ByDavid Brand 6 minRead time

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice News Transportation

Targeted Attacks on Unsheltered New Yorkers Highlight Dangers of Homelessness

The shootings occurred amid a crackdown on New Yorkers sleeping on the subways, and reflected a recent spike in the number of homeless New Yorkers slain by assailants.

ByDavid Brand 11 minRead time

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Health Housing and Homelessness

For Lower-Income New Yorkers, COVID Rents Never Really Went Down

For many low-income tenants in unregulated apartments, rents remained relatively flat or even increased during the pandemic because available housing was still hard to find.

ByDavid Brand 4 minRead time

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News

NY Lawmakers Propose $250M to Launch Section 8-Style Rent Subsidy

The State Senate and Assembly included a quarter-billion dollars to fund the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), which would create a new rent voucher for New Yorkers experiencing or at-risk…

ByDavid Brand 4 minRead time

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Mayor’s Budget Proposal Comes Up Short on Homeless Outreach, Shelter Costs: Report

An analysis released Wednesday by the New York City Independent Budget Office estimates the city will need an additional $200 million than what’s proposed in the preliminary budget for shelter…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

2021 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Homeless New Yorkers

Last year, 640 unhoused people died in shelters, hospitals or the streets, 4 percent higher than in 2020, when COVID-19 first struck New York City. The rise in fatalities was…

ByDavid Brand 2 minRead time

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Council’s New Housing Chair Wants Tougher Building Code Enforcement

“Although HPD and DOB are responding quickly to 311 complaints and sending out inspectors, there is a very troubling lag time and delay in terms of closure of these complaints,”…

ByDavid Brand 6 minRead time

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

There are some 16,000 scattered-site supportive housing units across the city, rented and overseen by nonprofits contracted to provide services to tenants. But outdated contracts that trail actual market rents…

ByDavid Brand 28 minRead time

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Politics

District Leader, Husband of Brooklyn Dems Boss Lands New Job in Adams Administration

Edu Hermelyn, a Democratic district leader married to party leader and Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn, has been named “Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives” in the city’s Department of Social Services…

ByDavid Brand 9 minRead time

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Feb 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

As NYC Considers Scrapping Tax Lien Sale, Land Trust Plan Gains Steam

The city’s controversial tax lien sale expires Monday. Absent legislation to create a new program or renew the existing one, a group of activists and elected officials have proposed abolishing…

ByDavid Brand 9 minRead time

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City Watch: Too Soon to Grade Subway Policing Plan, Council’s Homeless Services Chair Says

Targeted Attacks on Unsheltered New Yorkers Highlight Dangers of Homelessness

For Lower-Income New Yorkers, COVID Rents Never Really Went Down

NY Lawmakers Propose $250M to Launch Section 8-Style Rent Subsidy

Mayor’s Budget Proposal Comes Up Short on Homeless Outreach, Shelter Costs: Report

2021 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Homeless New Yorkers

City Watch: Council’s New Housing Chair Wants Tougher Building Code Enforcement

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

As NYC Considers Scrapping Tax Lien Sale, Land Trust Plan Gains Steam

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