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The CPC voted 9-0 in favor of the proposal, which would pave the way for roughly 8,200 new apartments by 2035. The plan will now head to the City Council…

ByDavid Brand 9 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Receives Long-Sought Grant to Tackle Youth Homelessness

It’s the first time that New York City has received the grant, despite counting roughly 7,400 homeless young people under age 24 without an adult head of household—often referred to…

ByDavid Brand 6 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News

Eric Adams Touts Hotel Conversions in Plan to Address Homelessness

The Democratic nominee for mayor says he wants to convert shuttered lodgings outside Manhattan into 25,000 units of supportive and permanently affordable housing. While his plan is light on details,…

ByDavid Brand 12 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Justice

As NYC’s Jail Crisis Worsens, Stable Housing Could Be the Difference Between Rikers and Release

As a deepening humanitarian crisis inside the Rikers Island jail complex fuels efforts to release more detainees, a judge’s decision can come down to one key consideration: Do they have…

ByDavid Brand 21 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘They Were Uninhabitable’—Ex-Landlords Leave Raft of Hazards at Former Bronx Cluster Sites

In June, the city spent $122 million to purchase 14 former cluster site buildings, turning them over to nonprofit organizations to fix up and operate as permanent housing. The organizations…

ByDavid Brand 19 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Comunidades de habla hispana Housing and Homelessness

Inquilinos en sótanos, a menudo ilegales, se llevan la peor parte de las inundaciones de Ida en Nueva York

Los neoyorquinos que resistieron las inundaciones en sus sótanos —a menudo adaptaciones no autorizadas que no cumplen las normas de seguridad de la ciudad— se enfrentan ahora a nuevas dificultades…

ByDaniel Parra

ByDavid Brand 14 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

SoHo-NoHo Rezoning Plan Needs Work, BP Brewer Says

Five weeks after the local community board rejected the city’s application to rezone a 56-block stretch of the two wealthy neighborhoods, Brewer said the current plan leaves many issues unresolved—though…

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness News

Tenants in NYC’s Often-Illegal Basement Apartments Bore the Brunt of Ida Floods

New Yorkers who withstood the flooding inside their basement apartments—often unauthorized conversions that do not meet city safety standards—now face new hardships and fears, like dangerous mold, future flooding, and…

ByDaniel Parra

ByDavid Brand 12 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness News

What New York’s Latest Eviction Protections Mean for Renters and Landlords

The law replaces earlier protections that expired Aug. 31 but had been gutted by the Supreme Court ruling last month.

ByDavid Brand 10 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs

Many of the issues homeless new Yorkers with health problems face—abrupt transfers, inaccessible accommodations, shelters in isolated areas—existed long before the pandemic, but they have been laid bare as Mayor…

ByDavid Brand 24 minRead time

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City Planning Commission Backs de Blasio’s Gowanus Rezoning Plan

NYC Receives Long-Sought Grant to Tackle Youth Homelessness

Eric Adams Touts Hotel Conversions in Plan to Address Homelessness

As NYC’s Jail Crisis Worsens, Stable Housing Could Be the Difference Between Rikers and Release

‘They Were Uninhabitable’—Ex-Landlords Leave Raft of Hazards at Former Bronx Cluster Sites

Inquilinos en sótanos, a menudo ilegales, se llevan la peor parte de las inundaciones de Ida en Nueva York

SoHo-NoHo Rezoning Plan Needs Work, BP Brewer Says

Tenants in NYC’s Often-Illegal Basement Apartments Bore the Brunt of Ida Floods

What New York’s Latest Eviction Protections Mean for Renters and Landlords

Pandemic Worsens Hard Road to Housing for Homeless New Yorkers with Health Needs

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