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The arrest Tuesday of 70 NYCHA employees who allegedly pocketed bribes for steering small-dollar contracts is prompting calls to reform how the housing authority handles such work—what Congressman and former…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development News NYCHA Politics

Eric Adams’ State of the City: What’s in it for Housing?

In his annual address Wednesday, his third since taking office in 2022, Mayor Eric Adams touched on plans for a “Tenant Protection Cabinet,” developing affordable housing on two dozen city-owned…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Housing and Homelessness Justice

‘Eviction is a Tragedy’: Tenant Advocates Press to Expand Right to Counsel Statewide

While supporters say New York City’s right to counsel program needs additional funding to cover all the qualified tenants who need the legal help, they’ve also hailed it a success,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 9 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

‘Me siento derrotada’: Expiran los plazos para acoger a familias inmigrantes y el sistema se resquebraja

Mientras que la administración de Eric Adams ha estado emitiendo plazos en refugios para inmigrantes adultos durante meses, y para algunas familias con niños en hoteles como parte de una…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 24 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘I Feel Defeated’: Shelter Deadlines for Immigrant Families Expire, as System Frays

While the Adams administration has been issuing shelter deadlines to adult immigrants for months, and to some families with kids in hotels as part of a separate initiative, Tuesday’s evictions…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 21 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Government Immigration Labor

NYC’s Minimum Wage Jumps to $16 an Hour—But Not for Many Tipped Workers

Organizers with the One Fair Wage campaign say increasing pay rates for tipped workers across the state is especially pertinent given the recent arrival of thousands of new immigrants, many…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8 minRead time

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Politics

As Shelter Deadlines for Families With Children Near, Lawmakers Press Eric Adams to End ‘Cruel’ Policy

“We have already witnessed the harm that 30-day limits have inflicted on adult migrants without children, who have either had to sleep on the streets indefinitely while reapplying for housing…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 7 minRead time

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

City to Limit the Use of Criminal Background Checks in Screening Tenants

The Fair Chance for Housing Act, passed by the City Council Wednesday, will limit the extent to which landlords, real estate brokers and other entities can factor in past convictions…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8 minRead time

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Dec 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Finalizes Rules for Landmark Building Emissions Law

The final rules for Local Law 97 give property owners until 2026 to avoid penalties, as long as they demonstrate “good faith efforts” to decarbonize their buildings—an extension that’s rankled…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6 minRead time

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Dec 2023

Government Labor Transportation

Lawmakers Seek More Changes to NYC’s Street Vending Rules

Two years after the passage of Local Law 18—intended to overhaul street vending regulations and add hundreds of additional licenses to the market each year—councilmembers are weighing another package of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 7 minRead time

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Bribery Scandal Renews Scrutiny of NYCHA’s ‘No-Bid’ Contracting Process

Eric Adams’ State of the City: What’s in it for Housing?

‘Eviction is a Tragedy’: Tenant Advocates Press to Expand Right to Counsel Statewide

‘Me siento derrotada’: Expiran los plazos para acoger a familias inmigrantes y el sistema se resquebraja

‘I Feel Defeated’: Shelter Deadlines for Immigrant Families Expire, as System Frays

NYC’s Minimum Wage Jumps to $16 an Hour—But Not for Many Tipped Workers

As Shelter Deadlines for Families With Children Near, Lawmakers Press Eric Adams to End ‘Cruel’ Policy

City to Limit the Use of Criminal Background Checks in Screening Tenants

NYC Finalizes Rules for Landmark Building Emissions Law

Lawmakers Seek More Changes to NYC’s Street Vending Rules

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