Michael Bloomberg
POP, GOES THE MAYOR
Matt Pacenza |
Higher paying parks jobs may be available to New Yorkers on welfare for at least another year, as Bloomberg officials negotiate to keep the jobs program alive.
Staten Island
Williamsburg Brewhaha
Matt Pacenza |
A waterfront development revives rifts between two communities.
City Gives Tenants Own Chance
Matt Pacenza |
Tenants can apply to own their apartments, but they’d better be quick, the city housing agency said last week in issuing new rules governing one of its new housing programs.
East Harlem’s Bottom Line
Matt Pacenza |
One of the city’s most successful housing groups has an entrepreneurial vision for bringing its neighborhood to the next level. Can Hope Community get there without leaving its tenants behind?
Manhattan
GOING OUT OF HOUSING SALE: NONPROFIT DUMPS BUILDINGS
Matt Pacenza |
A nonprofit building owner in trouble has tried to skirt losing its properties to the city by selling them to a for-profit realtor first. Some housing law experts say the group may have skirted the law, as well.
JUDGE TO ALBANY: STICK TO YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Matt Pacenza |
Tenants could get more time to prepare for their housing court cases, thanks to a ruling late last month by a Brooklyn judge giving Housing Court–not the state legislature–the right to stay evictions for more than 10 days.
Hunger
FOOD PROGRAM COMES UP FOR STAMPS OF APPROVAL
Matt Pacenza |
More than $700 million in food stamp funding for New York State hangs in the balance this week, as federal lawmakers negotiate the federal farm bill.
Housing and Homelessness
SECTION 8: TENANTS TRANSFER FASTER
Matt Pacenza |
Tenants who lose their federally subsidized apartments when their leases expire no longer have to wait up to nine months before they can start looking for a new apartment, thanks to a legal settlement reached last month.
