Jeanmarie Evelly, Author at City Limits

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A patchwork of agencies, stakeholders and community groups help provide language-specific educational materials and translation services around city elections, what experts say is essential to making sure residents aren’t locked…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 10 minRead time

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Nov 2022

Where the Candidates for NY Governor Stand on Climate Issues

Gov. Kathy Hochul and Congressman Lee Zeldin have starkly different stances when it comes to energy policy and other environmental issues, at a time when New York is at a…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 18 minRead time

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Nov 2022

ARTS and CULTURE Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Community Choirs, Discount Studio Space: How Should NYC Reboot the Arts Sector?

City Limits is looking to speak to artists and arts groups across the five boroughs to get a better sense of the challenges they’re facing, and how government policies can…

ByMariam Hydara

ByJeanmarie Evelly 7 minRead time

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Oct 2022

ARTS and CULTURE Housing and Homelessness

The Housing Photographer Who Chronicled Sandy’s Destruction in Queens

Retired HPD photographer Larry Racioppo spent months without electricity after Hurricane Sandy rebuilding his Rockaway Park home. His photos from that time, and of his neighborhood over the decade since,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6 minRead time

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Oct 2022

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Politics

In Wake of Rezonings, Renewed Call for More Health Facilities on Hospital-Starved Rockaway Peninsula

Residential rezonings, including one approved this summer for Edgemere, are poised to bring thousands of new apartments to the Rockaways over the next decade, but just a single hospital has…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 7 minRead time

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Oct 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Proposes Voting Rules for Tenants to Opt Into ‘Preservation Trust’

The Housing Authority will host a series of public meetings starting Monday to solicit feedback on how it plans to carry out the voting process, in which NYCHA tenants will…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3 minRead time

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Oct 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Tell Us Your Hurricane Sandy Story

As the 10 year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy’s landfall in New York approaches, City Limits is asking residents to share their experiences of the storm. Where were you, and how…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Education Government

Should New York High Schools Be Required to Teach Financial Literacy?

A bill that would require high school students across the state to take a personal finance course has been introduced a number of times in the Albany legislature dating back…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 9 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

More People Snagged Units in NYC Housing Lotteries Last Year, But Wait Times Grew

The city’s affordable housing lotteries are notoriously competitive, but new data shows some progress: in the most recent fiscal year that ended in June, 6,173 applicants were approved for a…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 11 minRead time

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA