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Innovation QNS has emerged as the latest flashpoint in a debate over housing production, with supporters saying the plan will provide much-needed units for New Yorkers of all income levels,…

ByDavid Brand 12 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics Transportation

The NYPD Now Decides What Homeless Encampments Get Swept

The new, formalized procedure essentially codifies what has become a de facto sweeps policy under Mayor Eric Adams, and replaces a 2020 directive that removed the NYPD from most street…

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Justice

What Would NYC Look Like Without Right to Shelter? Bleak, Say the People Who’ve Needed It

The city’s ‘right to shelter’ provides a basic safety net not seen anywhere else in the country, allowing anyone who wants a shelter bed to get one (at least temporarily).…

ByDavid Brand 21 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Arsenic Alarm Still A Drain on Riis Residents’ Routines and Resources

For tenants who have spoken with City Limits in recent days, the impact of the tainted tap warning still lingers, invading their routines and spurring them to spend money on…

ByDavid Brand 11 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Housing and Homelessness

Hundreds of Harlem Tenants Can Proceed with Class Action Suit Over Rent Fraud Claims, Judge Rules

A state judge granted class certification to past and present tenants in 11 buildings who have sued their landlord for “systemic evasion of the rent regulations” in a case that…

ByDavid Brand 10 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 15-21

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 4 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

NYC Homeless Agency Scrambles for Capacity After Latest ‘Right to Shelter’ Violation

For at least the third time in three months Monday, New York City’s homeless services agency violated its legal obligation to provide temporary shelter to anyone who requests it—this time…

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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Sep 2022

CLARIFY Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

It’s Not Just Manhattan: Rents Are Still Rising Across NYC

Throughout the five boroughs and across the rental market, apartment prices continue to surge, according to an analysis of nearly 390,000 listings over the past three years that online marketplace…

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Labor is Latest Sticking Point in Debate Over Bruckner Rezoning

The New York District Council of Carpenters issued a statement opposing the plan, saying they would not receive enough work on 349-unit project proposed for The Bronx. Their stance was…

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Housing and Homelessness