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As the state’s budget deadline approaches, Queens democratic lawmakers are at odds over whether it should include a path for legalizing the city’s basement and cellar apartments.

ByEmma Whitford 12 minRead time

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Courts Dismissed 121K ‘Dead’ Eviction Cases in NYC. What Does it Mean?

The process, called an administrative dismissal, is enshrined in state law. The Office of Court Administration wiped out a category of older eviction cases that property owners started before the…

ByEmma Whitford 12 minRead time

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

A new data tool by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University breaks down a trove of housing-related data for each of the state’s Senate and Assembly…

ByEmma Whitford 11 minRead time

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Housing Policy Faultlines Emerge Ahead Of Final Albany Budget Deal

The Senate and Assembly on Tuesday released their annual budget resolutions, responding to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s $227 billion spending proposal unveiled last month. They rejected the bulk of Hochul’s…

ByEmma Whitford 14 minRead time

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

In New York’s Fight to Legalize Basement Apartments, What About Cellars?

While Gov. Kathy Hochul included a pathway to basement legalization in her February budget proposal, the word ‘cellar’ is absent from her plan. The two terms may be indistinguishable to…

ByEmma Whitford 13 minRead time

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

New York’s First ‘Good Cause’ Eviction Law Falls, Ramping Up Push for Statewide Bill

In a six-page decision Thursday, a panel of Third Department judges sided with Albany landlords in finding that state property laws preempt and nullify the city’s 2021 good cause eviction…

ByEmma Whitford 10 minRead time

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

In ‘Year Of Housing,’ Hochul’s Budget Leaves Out Anti-Foreclosure Program

The governor’s proposed budget did not include funding for the state-run Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, a network of legal service providers and counselors aimed at preventing foreclosures. Program supporters…

ByEmma Whitford 12 minRead time

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Nov 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

‘Crazy Green Party Dude’ Wages Grassroots Fight in Brooklyn Council Race

Jabari Brisport is one of the few Green candidates and the only Socialist on any New York City ballot this year. But in a district where private, luxury development is…

ByEmma Whitford 9 minRead time

Emma Whitford

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

Courts Dismissed 121K ‘Dead’ Eviction Cases in NYC. What Does it Mean?

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

Housing Policy Faultlines Emerge Ahead Of Final Albany Budget Deal

In New York’s Fight to Legalize Basement Apartments, What About Cellars?

New York’s First ‘Good Cause’ Eviction Law Falls, Ramping Up Push for Statewide Bill

In ‘Year Of Housing,’ Hochul’s Budget Leaves Out Anti-Foreclosure Program

‘Crazy Green Party Dude’ Wages Grassroots Fight in Brooklyn Council Race

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