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Hochul and lawmakers struck a state budget agreement this week that will raise eligibility for senior and disabled rent freezes, and revamp tax exemptions for building repairs. But it won’t…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 8 minRead time

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May 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Mayor’s Budget Plan Could Further Shrink City’s Housing Discrimination Enforcement

NYC’s Commission on Human Rights investigates landlords and real estate brokers who discriminate against rental voucher holders. The agency is already understaffed, sources say.

ByPatrick Spauster 13 minRead time

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May 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Mamdani’s Housing Plan To Overhaul How City Responds to Tenants’ Heat Complaints, Other Code Violations

The Mamdani administration will announce a series of reforms Tuesday to improve how the city enforces building violations, part of its broader plan to build and preserve new housing across…

ByPatrick Spauster 14 minRead time

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May 2026

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

Attorney General To Shut Down ‘Predatory’ Law Firm, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The Tenants Counsel Network ripped off renters with monthly fees and left them hanging in eviction court, officials say. An agreement with the Attorney General’s office will shut down the…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 7 minRead time

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May 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Rental Voucher Expansion Absent From Mayor’s Budget Plan, As City Hall Proposes Program Reforms

The CityFHEPS program’s expansion, first passed by city lawmakers in 2023, would extend eligibility to people facing eviction and people with more modest incomes, but has been delayed by a…

ByPatrick Spauster 11 minRead time

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May 2026

Featured Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

City To Open Two New Hotel Shelters to Offset Bellevue Closure

The city notified two Brooklyn community boards that it will be converting hotels to new shelters for single adult men, stating that they needed to offset lost capacity from the…

ByPatrick Spauster 9 minRead time

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May 2026

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

One Block, Five Flips: How House Flipping is Transforming Neighborhoods Like South Jamaica

An increasing number of family homes in the outer boroughs are sold within two years of being bought—at huge markups. As New York City’s housing market continues to tighten, some…

ByPatrick Spauster 31 minRead time

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May 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Rent Guidelines Board Takes Step Toward A Rent Freeze

The Rent Guidelines Board pushed the mayor’s rent freeze promise forward Thursday night, advancing a preliminary range of rent levels that includes no increase for the city’s rent stabilized tenants.…

ByPatrick Spauster 9 minRead time

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Apr 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

City To Close Second Homeless Facility in Midtown East

The Department of Homeless Services will not renew a contract for Mainchance, a homeless drop-in center on 33rd Street, after reports that the facility turned clients away in violation of…

ByPatrick Spauster 10 minRead time

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Apr 2026

Climate and Environment Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA

Thousands More NYCHA Apartments to Get Heat Pumps and Electric Stoves, As Mamdani Sets New Sustainability Targets

On Earth Day, the mayor will lay out a commitment to adding energy efficient heating systems, modern induction stoves, and electric vehicle charging at NYCHA campuses over the next five…

ByPatrick Spauster 9 minRead time

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Which Housing Measures Made NY’s State Budget, And What Else Happened This Week

Mayor’s Budget Plan Could Further Shrink City’s Housing Discrimination Enforcement

Mamdani’s Housing Plan To Overhaul How City Responds to Tenants’ Heat Complaints, Other Code Violations

Attorney General To Shut Down ‘Predatory’ Law Firm, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Rental Voucher Expansion Absent From Mayor’s Budget Plan, As City Hall Proposes Program Reforms

City To Open Two New Hotel Shelters to Offset Bellevue Closure

One Block, Five Flips: How House Flipping is Transforming Neighborhoods Like South Jamaica

Rent Guidelines Board Takes Step Toward A Rent Freeze

City To Close Second Homeless Facility in Midtown East

Thousands More NYCHA Apartments to Get Heat Pumps and Electric Stoves, As Mamdani Sets New Sustainability Targets

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