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A new rental assistance program launching this week will help some low income households afford rent. But its reach is far smaller than advocates hoped, and isn’t keeping up with…

ByPatrick Spauster 8 minRead time

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Mar 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Profiles

Outgoing Social Services Commissioner Wants City To Stay ‘Proactive’

“So many of these issues are interrelated, but so often treated as existing in silos,” says Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, who departs this week after three…

ByPatrick Spauster 24 minRead time

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Resources

The Future of Sunnyside Yards, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mayor Zohran Mamdani met with Donald Trump during a surprise visit to the White House Thursday, where he pitched the president on funding the development of 12,000 new apartments —…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 8 minRead time

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Tenants Decry Bad Landlords at First Ever ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearing In Brooklyn

At Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s first public hearing for renters, attendees bemoaned slow repairs, a frustrating 311 system, and unresponsive landlords. Some NYCHA tenants, meanwhile, felt slighted by the event, which…

ByPatrick Spauster 10 minRead time

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Feb 2026

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

NYC’s Housing Ballot Measures Appear to Be Working as YIMBYs Intended

A residential housing project in Bayside, Queens, is winning the support of housing-skeptical Councilmember Vickie Paladino due the threat of a new voter-approved appeals process that could override her objections.

ByPatrick Spauster 9 minRead time

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Move Over, ULURP: First Project Using ‘Expedited’ Land Use Review Kicks Off In The Bronx

The first project to make use of an accelerated review process for housing will turn a parking lot in the Bronx to 84 affordable homes. Voters approved ballot measures last…

ByPatrick Spauster 6 minRead time

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Resources

Mamdani’s Approach to Homeless Sweeps, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mamdani said his administration will handle public encampments differently from Mayor Eric Adams, with extra emphasis on engaging street homeless individuals to direct them to services and housing. But advocates…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8 minRead time

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness

Hochul Wants to Expand Rent Freezes for Senior & Disabled New Yorkers. Can the State Get Them to Sign Up?

Gov. Hochul has proposed expanding an initiative that freezes rent for senior and disabled tenants in exchange for property tax relief. But the program has a low uptake rate, and…

ByPatrick Spauster 10 minRead time

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics Resources

‘Honor His Promise’: Advocates Criticize Mamdani’s CityFHEPS Reversal, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to expand eligibility for city housing vouchers according to City Council laws that his predecessor failed to implement. Faced with steep fiscal challenges, he said the city…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 8 minRead time

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Feb 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development

The New ‘Poor Door’: Amenity Fees Are Too High for Affordable Housing Tenants

Tenants who get affordable housing through the city’s lottery or a rental assistance voucher often can’t afford amenity fees in new mixed-income luxury buildings, creating what one described as a…

ByPatrick Spauster 17 minRead time

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New State Housing Vouchers Will Serve About 1,000 NYC Households. Lawmakers Say It’s Not Enough

The Future of Sunnyside Yards, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Tenants Decry Bad Landlords at First Ever ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearing In Brooklyn

NYC’s Housing Ballot Measures Appear to Be Working as YIMBYs Intended

Move Over, ULURP: First Project Using ‘Expedited’ Land Use Review Kicks Off In The Bronx

Mamdani’s Approach to Homeless Sweeps, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Hochul Wants to Expand Rent Freezes for Senior & Disabled New Yorkers. Can the State Get Them to Sign Up?

‘Honor His Promise’: Advocates Criticize Mamdani’s CityFHEPS Reversal, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The New ‘Poor Door’: Amenity Fees Are Too High for Affordable Housing Tenants

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