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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider a challenge to rent stabilization from major landlord groups in New York, prompting a sigh of relief among tenants…

ByEmma Whitford 7 minRead time

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Sep 2023

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

“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…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

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ByDaniel Parra 9 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Government

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

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.

ByEmma Whitford 3 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Adams Admin Not Backing Down From Fight to Limit Shelter Rights

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.

ByEmma Whitford 8 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness

Mayor Adams Pitches Zoning For Less Parking, More Housing

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.

ByEmma Whitford 9 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

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

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…

ByEmma Whitford 4 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Government

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

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…

ByEmma Whitford 1 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness News Politics

City Pitches 4K Apartments for Industrial Central Brooklyn Stretch

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…

ByEmma Whitford 12 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

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.

ByEmma Whitford 10 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

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

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.…

ByEmma Whitford 17 minRead time

Emma Whitford

Supreme Court Tosses Broad Challenge to Rent Stabilization in NY

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

Adams Admin Not Backing Down From Fight to Limit Shelter Rights

Mayor Adams Pitches Zoning For Less Parking, More Housing

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

City Pitches 4K Apartments for Industrial Central Brooklyn Stretch

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

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

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