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Mayor Eric Adams has proposed neighborhood-level rezonings near future Metro-North stations in the East Bronx and along an Atlantic Avenue light manufacturing corridor in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant. The local…

ByDavid Brand 12 minRead time

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Should NYC Landlords Be Allowed to Consider a Tenant’s Criminal Record?

The New York City Council held a hearing Thursday to discuss the Fair Chance for Housing Act, which would make it illegal for landlords and realtors to factor in criminal…

ByMariam Hydara

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ByJeanmarie Evelly 10 minRead time

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 8-15

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

ByDavid Brand

ByMariam Hydara 4 minRead time

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Dec 2022

Economy Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice

Two Homeless Service Providers Break Into Legal Weed Industry, with Different Approaches

Housing Works and the Doe Fund are breaking into the cannabis industry and pioneering new terrain for nonprofit organizations post-pot prohibition. But the two organizations have different business models as…

ByDavid Brand 14 minRead time

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development Politics

NYC Needs Thousands of Apartments for the Formerly Incarcerated. 50 Face Furious Opposition

“Just Home”—a NYC Health + Hospitals (HHC) plan to convert an empty staff residence on the Jacobi Hospital campus into supportive housing for a few dozen people with serious medical…

ByDavid Brand 20 minRead time

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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

Adams Orders Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill, While Housing Remains Out of Reach

The mayor issued a directive to the NYPD, emergency medical services and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene empowering them to “involuntarily transport” people experiencing acute mental health crises…

ByDavid Brand 6 minRead time

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Nov 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

City Watch: Live Next to a Vacant Apartment? This Housing Group Wants to Know

In the absence of specific data, the housing organization Open New York has launched a project asking everyday residents to crowdsource the locations of vacant apartments—rent-stabilized and unregulated units alike—to…

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

‘No Recording’ Policy in City Shelters Draws Backlash From Residents and Advocates

The new regulation could have a “chilling effect” on advocacy by residents who use photos and videos to show proof of problems inside New York City homeless shelters.

ByDavid Brand 9 minRead time

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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Won Greenlights 3,200-Unit Astoria Development, Paving Way for Council Approval

The latest version of the Innovation Qns plan features 1,436 income-restricted apartments, around 45 percent of the total. “We have set a new precedent for building affordable housing on private…

ByDavid Brand 10 minRead time

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Nov 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Building in Bushwick? Councilmember Lays Out Priorities for Rezonings

In a document issued Monday, Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez laid out her priorities for any new development that requires changes to the zoning code in one of the city’s most intense…

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

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Adams’ First Two Neighborhood Rezonings Take Shape as Mayor Looks to Supercharge Development

Should NYC Landlords Be Allowed to Consider a Tenant’s Criminal Record?

NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 8-15

Two Homeless Service Providers Break Into Legal Weed Industry, with Different Approaches

NYC Needs Thousands of Apartments for the Formerly Incarcerated. 50 Face Furious Opposition

Adams Orders Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill, While Housing Remains Out of Reach

City Watch: Live Next to a Vacant Apartment? This Housing Group Wants to Know

‘No Recording’ Policy in City Shelters Draws Backlash From Residents and Advocates

Won Greenlights 3,200-Unit Astoria Development, Paving Way for Council Approval

Building in Bushwick? Councilmember Lays Out Priorities for Rezonings

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