subway fares

More New Yorkers Are Struggling to Afford Public Transit: Report

Transportation and anti-poverty advocates are pushing the Adams administration to provide an extra $55 million in the next budget to expand the Fair Fares program—through which low-income New Yorkers can qualify for half-priced MetroCards—to include people earning up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level, or about $60,000 for a four-person household.

NYC Housing Calendar, March 11-18

Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

Renewed Scrutiny for City’s Deadline Policy as Number of Immigrants in Shelter Declines

The number of newly arrived immigrants now in the city’s care is around 64,000, down from more than 69,000 in mid-January—what City Hall has attributed in part to shelter deadlines. A bill in the City Council would end the controversial policy, which critics say has forced people into precarious situations: sleeping on the streets, on the floors of churches and in unsafe settings.

rent stabilized apartments

“Profunda escasez”: apartamentos disponibles para alquilar alcanzó un mínimo histórico el año pasado en Nueva York

El porcentaje de viviendas vacías de la ciudad se desplomó hasta el 1.41 por ciento en 2023, el más bajo desde 1968, según anunciaron el jueves las autoridades. Las opciones eran particularmente escasas para los neoyorquinos de bajos ingresos: sólo el 0.39 por ciento de las unidades de alquiler por menos de $1.100 dólares estaban disponibles el año pasado.