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The City Council approved the lease of city land to build housing for the formerly incarcerated in the Bronx, over the objections of the local councilmember and City Hall. It’s…

ByPatrick Spauster 11 minRead time

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Sep 2025

Featured Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development Politics

Housing For Formerly Incarcerated Could Test City Council’s ‘Member Deference’

After City Hall pulled its support for an East Bronx project to build supportive housing for seriously ill people leaving jail, City Council members are considering overruling one of their…

ByPatrick Spauster 14 minRead time

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Sep 2025

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Resources

Adams Admin No-Shows at City Council Hearings, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The Adams Administration declined to send agency representatives to two City Council hearings, inflaming councilmembers who hoped to get answers about the administration’s response to Trump’s budget cuts and a…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 7 minRead time

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Sep 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice Land Use and Development Politics Profiles

Take a Walk With Asad From NYC

Asad Dandia, a community organizer, Muslim New Yorker, and urban history tour guide is a rising star with friends in high places.

ByPatrick Spauster 9 minRead time

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Sep 2025

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

Land Use Will Be On the Ballot This Fall, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The Board of Elections opted not to strike four housing and land use proposals from November’s general election ballot after the City Council claimed they were misleading voters.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 6 minRead time

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Sep 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Fewer Eligible Tenants Get ‘Right to Counsel’ After Pandemic, Program Expansion: Report

As evictions spike, the Independent Budget Office highlights ongoing challenges in the city’s program to provide free legal representation to low-income tenants facing eviction.

ByPatrick Spauster 9 minRead time

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Sep 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Resources

The Eric Adams HUD Rumors, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The Trump Administration reportedly had talks with Eric Adams about offering the sitting mayor a position at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in exchange for dropping out…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 5 minRead time

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Sep 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Adams’ Administration Delays CityFHEPS Expansion Again, Asks Court for Appeal

After an appeals court ruled the mayor must implement a package of bills expanding eligibility for CityFHEPS housing vouchers, the Adams administration asked the court for permission to appeal the…

ByPatrick Spauster 6 minRead time

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Aug 2025

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Resources

Adams’ Official Accused of Taking Bribes to Help Projects Jump the Line, and What Else Happened This Week In Housing

Manhattan prosecutors accused former Eric Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin of using her influence to benefit landlords with business before the city in exchange for bribes and gifts.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 5 minRead time

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Aug 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice

City Backtracks on CityFHEPs Voucher Incentive, Will Subject Rule Change to Public Review

After a judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the city from immediately eliminating an incentive that pays landlords to hold vacant units for CityFHEPs voucher holders, the city decided…

ByPatrick Spauster 8 minRead time

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Council Approves Just Home Project, But City Hall’s Objections Leave Future Unclear

Housing For Formerly Incarcerated Could Test City Council’s ‘Member Deference’

Adams Admin No-Shows at City Council Hearings, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Take a Walk With Asad From NYC

Land Use Will Be On the Ballot This Fall, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Fewer Eligible Tenants Get ‘Right to Counsel’ After Pandemic, Program Expansion: Report

The Eric Adams HUD Rumors, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Adams’ Administration Delays CityFHEPS Expansion Again, Asks Court for Appeal

Adams’ Official Accused of Taking Bribes to Help Projects Jump the Line, and What Else Happened This Week In Housing

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