Patrick Spauster, Author at City Limits

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The city plans to close a longtime homeless services center called Mainchance, where locals go for food, support in their housing searches, and relief from the elements.

ByPatrick Spauster 13 minRead time

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May 2024

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Exit Unknown: Where Do People Go After Leaving NYC Homeless Shelters?

Amid a steep rise in people living in shelter, few are exiting the system, and even fewer are finding housing, a City Limits analysis of public data shows.

ByPatrick Spauster 5 minRead time

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

‘Good Cause’ Negotiations Raise Tricky Question: What’s in a Portfolio?

Viewed in isolation, a proposal to exempt small residential portfolios from new eviction protections could exclude hundreds of thousands of New York City apartments. Perhaps more significantly, this type of…

ByEmma Whitford

ByPatrick Spauster 12 minRead time

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Jan 2024

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘Why Are You Making It So Difficult’? NYC Cash Aid Applicants Face Denial Surge

The volume of cash assistance applications in New York City has increased dramatically in recent years. But as more households receive aid, the city is also issuing more procedural denials,…

ByEmma Whitford

ByPatrick Spauster 3 minRead time

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Dec 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Tracking NYC’s Record-High Homeless Shelter Population

With additional city agencies now providing more emergency lodging than ever before in a system that officials say is at a breaking point, monitoring the total number of people in…

ByAdrian Nesta

ByEmma Whitford

ByPatrick Spauster 4 minRead time

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Sep 2023

Economy Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

A Real Estate Trust Bought Dozens of Brooklyn Brownstones. Now It Wants Out.

A real estate trust bought single-family homes in gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhoods, renovated, and rented them out at a premium. With the trust now looking to offload the assets, tenants are…

ByPatrick Spauster 27 minRead time

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York City Needs Basement Apartments Now More Than Ever

‘In one of the most expensive housing markets in the country, people will continue to rent basement apartments whether they are legal or not. We need legalization to make them…

ByPatrick Spauster 6 minRead time

Patrick Spauster

Midtown Homeless Drop-In Center May Be Among City Budget Casualties

Exit Unknown: Where Do People Go After Leaving NYC Homeless Shelters?

‘Good Cause’ Negotiations Raise Tricky Question: What’s in a Portfolio?

‘Why Are You Making It So Difficult’? NYC Cash Aid Applicants Face Denial Surge

Tracking NYC’s Record-High Homeless Shelter Population

A Real Estate Trust Bought Dozens of Brooklyn Brownstones. Now It Wants Out.

Opinion: New York City Needs Basement Apartments Now More Than Ever

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