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Flooded roads in Gowanus, Brooklyn on Sept. 29, 2023.

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‘Predictable Emergencies’: NYC Flash Floods Spur Renewed Calls for Basement Legalization

Jeanmarie Evelly, Emma Whitford and Daniel Parra | September 29, 2023

“I haven’t slept at all, I panic every time it pours hard rain,” one basement tenant in Brooklyn told City Limits after water began to breach her apartment early Friday morning. 

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Councilmembers questions DSS-HRA officials at a hearing

City Officials Grilled on Staffing Needs Amid Public Benefit Processing ‘Crisis’

Emma Whitford | September 28, 2023

The interrogation from councilmembers came on the heels of new data showing processing delays the likes of which New Yorkers haven’t seen in at least a decade. 

Government

Adams Admin Not Backing Down From Fight to Limit Shelter Rights 

Emma Whitford | September 26, 2023

It was not immediately clear how the Adams Administration will proceed in challenging New York City’s unique right to shelter. A formal request is due in state court next week. 

Housing and Homelessness

Mayor Adams Pitches Zoning For Less Parking, More Housing 

Emma Whitford | September 21, 2023

The elimination of parking minimums is part of a zoning text amendment New York City Mayor Eric Adams detailed Thursday, amid a push to increase housing development citywide. 

Government
Supportive housing tenant Kat Corbell,

‘A Lot of False Hope’: City Data Show Ongoing Barriers To Supportive Housing

Emma Whitford | September 20, 2023

While the Department of Social Services says more people were accepted into supportive housing last year than the year prior, a new report shows persistent barriers and rejections, including some that violate the city’s own guidance.

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food

NYC Failing to Process Most Food Stamp, Cash Benefit Applications on Time

Emma Whitford | September 18, 2023

Timely processing rates plummeted to under 30 percent for cash assistance applications and under 40 percent for SNAP for the fiscal year ending in June, according to the latest Mayor’s Management Report. 

Brooklyn

City Pitches 4K Apartments for Industrial Central Brooklyn Stretch

Emma Whitford | September 7, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams has positioned the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan as one of two significant neighborhood-level rezonings that could help boost his “moonshot” goal of 500,000 new units of housing over the next decade.

Housing and Homelessness

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

Emma Whitford | September 5, 2023

An experienced, full-time tenant lawyer can effectively take on 48 eviction cases per year, according to a highly-anticipated report released Aug. 31 by a state court working group.

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rent stabilized apartments

SCOTUS Will Soon Toss or Take Rent Stabilization Cases. Here’s What to Know.

Emma Whitford | September 5, 2023

The public will likely learn in October if challenges to rent stabilization—from landlords and trade groups including the Community Housing Improvement Program and Rent Stabilization Association—will proceed before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Government

Orgs That Help Tenants Sue Landlords Fear ‘Tone Deaf’ City Contract Changes

Emma Whitford | August 24, 2023

Nonprofit legal service providers often file group lawsuits that assist tenants fighting landlord harassment across an entire building. But a new solicitation appears to impose limits on this preferred strategy for winning repairs and rent reductions.

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