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A six-month cap on stays and a lack of permanent housing options have combined to drive more than 1,550 families out of domestic violence shelters and directly into the Department…

ByDavid Brand 18 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Here’s How NYC Tenants Can Test Their Drinking Water

The discovery of arsenic in the water supply at NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses is a scary reminder of how little control most people have over their taps. While most of…

ByLiz Donovan

ByDavid Brand 16 minRead time

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

NYC Considers Summer Camps to House Homeless Migrants

Strained for shelter space, the Adams administration confirmed it was exploring the possibility of using camp facilities “should they become necessary,” to house asylum seekers arriving from the Southern border.…

ByDavid Brand 11 minRead time

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics Transportation

NYC Planning Commission Backs Bruckner Rezoning Opposed by Key Councilmember

The proposal has encountered resistance from would-be neighbors and local Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez, who’ve cited concerns about impact on infrastructure, parking and the area’s suburban feel. But one planning commissioner…

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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Aug 2022

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 25- 31

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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Aug 2022

Economy Education Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

After Spending Big, SuperPACs Failed to Beat New York Progressives for Senate Seats

Bronx incumbent Gustavo Rivera and DSA-endorsed Kristen Gonzalez both seemed likely to prevail in their State Senate races, despite being targeted by SuperPACs that spent hundreds of thousands of dollars…

ByDavid Brand 13 minRead time

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Aug 2022

Government Politics

Scenes From New York’s Sleepy Second Primary

By 6 p.m. Tuesday, 237,888 New York City residents had voted in the unusual August primary, where some neighborhoods were home to heated State Senate and Congressional races while others…

ByDaniel Parra

ByDavid Brand

ByJeanmarie Evelly 9 minRead time

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Aug 2022

Government News Politics

It’s Primary Day—Again. Will New Yorkers Turn Up for an August Election?

The legal battle over redistricting this year resulted in two primaries for New York, including Tuesday’s rare August contests for State Senate and Congress. City Limits spoke to city residents…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDaniel Parra

ByLiz Donovan

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

City Watch: Planning Chief Dan Garodnick Talks Local Resistance to New Housing

“If everything…is just a question of ‘Does the local community support or not support it,’ the answer will almost, inevitably, always be ‘no,’ so it can’t just be that, it…

ByDavid Brand 8 minRead time

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Aug 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development Politics

‘Innovation QNS’ Plan to Upzone Industrial Astoria on Life Support

The question soon facing the City Council—and in particular, local member Julie Won—is how much affordable housing is enough to replace the Queens industrial scene with a complex three times…

ByDavid Brand 19 minRead time

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Hundreds of Families Forced from Domestic Violence Shelters into Strained DHS System Each Year

Here’s How NYC Tenants Can Test Their Drinking Water

NYC Considers Summer Camps to House Homeless Migrants

NYC Planning Commission Backs Bruckner Rezoning Opposed by Key Councilmember

NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 25- 31

After Spending Big, SuperPACs Failed to Beat New York Progressives for Senate Seats

Scenes From New York’s Sleepy Second Primary

It’s Primary Day—Again. Will New Yorkers Turn Up for an August Election?

City Watch: Planning Chief Dan Garodnick Talks Local Resistance to New Housing

‘Innovation QNS’ Plan to Upzone Industrial Astoria on Life Support

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