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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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Jul 2022

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

So far this year, city marshals have executed at least 1,527 residential evictions, according to statistics maintained by the Department of Investigation (DOI). The true number of legal evictions is…

ByDavid Brand 2 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Struggles to Make Shelter Space for Rising Homeless Population

Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday doubled down on his claim that thousands of asylum-seekers have strained New York City’s homeless shelter system, causing his administration to break state law by…

ByDavid Brand

ByDaniel Parra 7 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Comunidades de habla hispana Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

¿De dónde vienen las familias que están llegando a los albergues de Nueva York?

Por semanas City Limits ha hablado con varias familias latinoamericanas que entraron en el sistema de albergues de la ciudad después de entrar a los Estados Unidos por la frontera…

ByDaniel Parra

ByDavid Brand 23 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

New York’s New NYCHA Laws Aim to Hold Agency Accountable

The measures, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, will force NYCHA to create a searchable online database of work tickets and task city agencies with making public housing code violations…

ByDavid Brand 6 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Who Are The Families Entering NYC Shelters From the Southern Border?

For weeks, City Limits has been talking to several Latin American families who entered the city’s shelter system after arriving in the U.S. from southern border states. Mayor Eric Adams…

ByDaniel Parra

ByDavid Brand 20 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent

The Stable Families Act builds off the massive pot of money that Congress sent to states and local governments to cover rent arrears for tenants who could not make payments…

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Green Design Could Prevent Ida-Style Flooding in 40K Queens Basements: Report

Just three acres in Central Queens are designed to handle stormwater runoff, but to more effectively prevent flooding, the area would need about 120 acres of green infrastructure, the report…

ByDaniel Parra

ByDavid Brand 7 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Pressed for Shelter Space, NYC Turns to Notorious Landlords with Ties to Mayor’s Chief of Staff

Brothers Stuart and Jay Podolsky—long known for profiting off of poorly-maintained housing, and who are recent clients of Adams’ Chief of Staff Frank Carone—are leasing at least three of their…

ByDavid Brand 15 minRead time

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Council Approves ‘Resilient Edgemere’ Rezoning Plan

The land use plan, part of a broader initiative known as Resilient Edgemere, encompasses the area bound by Beach 35th Street and Beach 50th Street and will change zoning rules…

ByLiz Donovan

ByDavid Brand 9 minRead time

David Brand

New York City Housing Calendar, July 27 to August 3

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

NYC Struggles to Make Shelter Space for Rising Homeless Population

¿De dónde vienen las familias que están llegando a los albergues de Nueva York?

New York’s New NYCHA Laws Aim to Hold Agency Accountable

Who Are The Families Entering NYC Shelters From the Southern Border?

City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent

Green Design Could Prevent Ida-Style Flooding in 40K Queens Basements: Report

Pressed for Shelter Space, NYC Turns to Notorious Landlords with Ties to Mayor’s Chief of Staff

NYC Council Approves ‘Resilient Edgemere’ Rezoning Plan

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