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Some 18,000 Brownsville residents live in public housing, but no development is larger than Van Dyke 1, which boasts 22 buildings and more than 4,000 residents.

Harry DiPrinzio

Harry, City Limits' Associate Editor for Engagement and Social Media, is an NYC native and a Bowdoin College graduate.  He was Editor-in-Chief of the Bowdoin Orient. At the Orient, he published an investigation into unlivable wages and mismanagement of support staff employees at Bowdoin and reported on financial aid policies. 

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State Finally Releases $450 Million Promised to NYCHA

Harry DiPrinzio | November 8, 2019

The state money will go towards elevator and boiler replacements, but those projects won’t be completed for at least another three years.

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Update: One in Ten Public School Students Experienced Homelessness

Harry DiPrinzio | November 1, 2019

Landlords that wanted to raise rents are falling behind. Housing Works employees are unhappy with their working conditions. And tenants put their landlords on trial.

Homepage Featured

Should the City’s Housing Plan Make NYCHA its Centerpiece?

Harry DiPrinzio | October 30, 2019

Bill de Blasio’s housing plan, like every modern mayor’s, focuses on private apartments, not public housing. There’s a growing sense that saving NYCHA will require a different orientation—right now.

Government
Marcus Garvey Stonework

Evidence of Growing Need for Capital in the City’s Aging Parks 

Harry DiPrinzio | October 22, 2019

There are signs decades of too little maintenance funding and of a greater need facing aging parks across the city—something advocates says could amount to a looming crisis. 

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Property Owners and Advocates for Tenants Clash Over Impacts of New Rent Laws

Harry DiPrinzio | October 4, 2019

A rare discussion between a tenant leader, a real estate industry rep, pro-poor policy analyst and a Corcoran broker exposed divergent rhetoric about the state’s updated rent stabilization laws.

Housing Update: Rep. Velazquez Pushes for Federal Public Housing Funds

Harry DiPrinzio | October 4, 2019

Plus: A deflating sales market in Manhattan and a two-year backlog of rent overcharge complaints.

affordability
Jennifer Bryant

Rent Calculation Problems Dog Many NYCHA Tenants

Harry DiPrinzio | September 30, 2019

Tenants and advocates say NYCHA’s annual and interim review processes leads to routine overcharges and drags tenants into years-long disputes. 

Housing Update: Meet the Organizer Behind the Passage of the Tenant Protection Act

Harry DiPrinzio | September 27, 2019

Plus: how homeless shelters affect property values, a landlord fined for threatening to call ICE

City’s Housing Data Drop: Longer Shelter Stays. More Permanent Housing. NYCHA Rent Collection Lags.

Harry DiPrinzio | September 24, 2019

The 2019 Mayor’s Management Report was full of interesting and esoteric statistics from the city’s various agencies.

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Update: Sanders’ Housing Plan Incorporates Ideas from NYC

Harry DiPrinzio | September 23, 2019

Plus, a lifeline for senior housing, a glut in luxury condos and reports of ‘good faith’ deposits.

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