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The city’s annual count of street homeless New Yorkers recorded a 38 percent decrease this year. But advocates say the city increased enforcement against homeless encampments—known as sweeps or clean-ups—in…

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

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May 2021

Housing and Homelessness

¿Cómo funcionará el programa para solicitar ayuda de alquiler en Nueva York?

Todavía no está claro cuándo se abrirá a los solicitantes el último programa de ayuda al alquiler COVID-19 del estado, aunque los funcionarios esperan que se ponga en marcha a…

ByDavid Brand 17 minRead time

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May 2021

NYC to Hire 112 Temp Workers to Track Homeless in Subways as 24-Hour Service Resumes

The hiring increase worries some advocates who say the data collectors could erode the crucial trust street homeless New Yorkers develop with nonprofit outreach workers who develop relationships during routine…

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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May 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Public Review Process Begins for SoHo Rezoning Plan

The de Blasio administration wants to upzone a 56-block swath of the Lower Manhattan neighborhoods, where elite boutiques and wealthy arrivistes have replaced the manufacturing sites and artists that…

ByDavid Brand 4 minRead time

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May 2021

Housing and Homelessness News Uncategorized

Ready Your Documents: What to Know to Apply for New York Rent Relief

It’s not yet clear when the state’s latest COVID-19 rent relief program will open to applicants, though officials are expecting it to launch by the end of May. In the…

ByDavid Brand 14 minRead time

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May 2021

Climate and Environment Housing and Homelessness

Gowanus Rezoning Critics Highlight Impact of Climate on Future Flooding, As Public Review Moves Forward

With public review underway on the controversial land use application, plan opponents tapped a team of climate experts to poke holes in the city’s environmental assurances during a virtual meeting…

ByDavid Brand 10 minRead time

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May 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Mayor’s Proposed Budget Misses ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Opportunity to Tackle NYC Homelessness

The chair of the council’s welfare committee says New York City is squandering a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to address its homelessness crisis, despite an executive budget that would boost Department of…

ByDavid Brand 14 minRead time

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Nov 2020

ARTS and CULTURE Government Health

Across the City, Public Art Helps Memorialize and Grieve Those Lost to COVID-19

In lieu of a centralized memorial, artists and everyday New Yorkers are creating temporary monuments to honor the people—disproportionately immigrant, working class, Black and Latino—who have died in a diffuse…

ByDavid Brand 16 minRead time

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Oct 2020

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Government

Could a New ‘New Deal’ Put Artists to Work Shaping the City?

Eight decades ago the government responded to economic disaster with jobs programs that also beautified public spaces. It might be time for another one.

ByDavid Brand 14 minRead time

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Sep 2020

ARTS and CULTURE

NYC’s Older Adults Find Community in Remote Art Programs

Amid the fear and isolation of the pandemic, art discussions, history lectures and even new virtual ukulele lessons stimulate memory and keep older adults connected.

ByDavid Brand 13 minRead time

David Brand

NYC Touts Drop in Street Homelessness, But Advocates Say Count Obscures Extent of Crisis

¿Cómo funcionará el programa para solicitar ayuda de alquiler en Nueva York?

NYC to Hire 112 Temp Workers to Track Homeless in Subways as 24-Hour Service Resumes

Public Review Process Begins for SoHo Rezoning Plan

Ready Your Documents: What to Know to Apply for New York Rent Relief

Gowanus Rezoning Critics Highlight Impact of Climate on Future Flooding, As Public Review Moves Forward

Mayor’s Proposed Budget Misses ‘Once-in-a-Generation’ Opportunity to Tackle NYC Homelessness

Across the City, Public Art Helps Memorialize and Grieve Those Lost to COVID-19

Could a New ‘New Deal’ Put Artists to Work Shaping the City?

NYC’s Older Adults Find Community in Remote Art Programs

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