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Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams is weighing new appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board in an effort to block Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pledged rent freeze. But finding candidates willing to take…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 8 minRead time

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Nov 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development Politics

How Each NYC Neighborhood Voted On The Housing Ballot Measures

A majority of New Yorkers voted to pass ballot measures that change the land use process for affordable housing. But Republican districts and neighborhoods that built less housing are still…

ByPatrick Spauster 12 minRead time

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Nov 2025

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

The Election’s Number One Issue, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The race became about who belongs in New York—and who can afford to stay in it.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 5 minRead time

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Nov 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Politics Profiles

How New Yorkers Say They Voted And Why

This election has been defined, in part, by debate over how to address the city’s escalating affordability crisis, especially in the face of federal funding cuts.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByKeke Grant-Floyd

ByMariana De Jesús-Szendrey

ByPatrick Spauster 9 minRead time

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Nov 2025

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

New Yorkers Vote ‘Yes’ On Housing Ballot Measures

A majority of New Yorkers voted for four measures on the ballot that change how New York City permits new affordable housing.

ByPatrick Spauster 11 minRead time

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Oct 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

Can Eric Adams Really Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze?

Eric Adams is considering appointing new members to the Rent Guidelines Board before his term expires, which could make it harder for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani to fulfill his promise to…

ByPatrick Spauster 10 minRead time

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Oct 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

This Building Was Supposed to be Luxury Apartments. Now It Will House 183 Families From Homeless Shelters

After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with families who have hard-to-use city housing vouchers.

ByPatrick Spauster 13 minRead time

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Oct 2025

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

The Candidates for Mayor On Housing, Zoning and NYCHA

Early voting is underway. City Limits has the details on where the candidates stand on rent stabilization, affordable housing production, zoning reform, and NYCHA.

ByPatrick Spauster 16 minRead time

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Oct 2025

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

Your Early Voting Guide, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Early voting kicks off Saturday in the general election—the culmination of what’s been a dramatic 2025 race for the city’s next mayor, where much of the conversation has centered around…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 8 minRead time

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Oct 2025

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Lo que necesita saber sobre Resources

Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿Cómo obtener ayuda si vive en un apartamento con asistencia de vales basados en proyectos?

Una investigación de City Limits reveló problemas importantes con el programa, que ayuda a unos 100.000 neoyorquinos a pagar una vivienda en edificios de toda la ciudad. A continuación te…

ByPatrick Spauster 13 minRead time

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As Mayor Adams Looks to Stack Rent Board, Tenant Groups Press Potential Appointees to ‘Refuse’

How Each NYC Neighborhood Voted On The Housing Ballot Measures

The Election’s Number One Issue, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

How New Yorkers Say They Voted And Why

New Yorkers Vote ‘Yes’ On Housing Ballot Measures

Can Eric Adams Really Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze?

The Candidates for Mayor On Housing, Zoning and NYCHA

Your Early Voting Guide, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿Cómo obtener ayuda si vive en un apartamento con asistencia de vales basados en proyectos?

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