A recent change to how the city approves CityFHEPS vouchers, aimed at saving money on rent, required additional review by state and city agencies—extending an already-protracted application process that sometimes…
The Upper East and West Sides, Elmhurst, and Bayside are among the communities that have built little affordable housing over the past five years, and now will see certain projects…
A new plan promises to build lower-income units up front. Gov. Hochul is on board, and the state’s approval process is starting—though the full public costs remain unknown.
Nearly 40 percent of homeless families with children are placed in shelters outside the borough of their child’s school, forcing long commutes, early mornings, and strained community ties.
Tenants in buildings owned by one of New York’s most notorious landlords have suffered for years. Could Zohran Mamdani’s new housing plan, which pledges to beef up the city’s capacity…
Philadelphia’s City Council is debating a bill that would ban the City of Brotherly Love from exporting its trash for incineration, citing pollution and impact on human health. Should New…
“My mother’s generation still talks about when Jesse Jackson came to Harlem, about when Bill Clinton came to Harlem,” said Darique Warren, a 38-year-old NYCHA resident of Polo Grounds Towers.…
Experts say the question isn’t simply whether New York has enough food—it’s whether the city’s web of farms, distributors, nonprofits, public agencies and transportation systems can continue moving what already…
Over 10 months last year, the city received 34,532 claims for stolen SNAP benefits, the vast majority of which—92.9 percent—weren’t reimbursed. The most were submitted by residents in East New…
Residents in a senior-only building in Chelsea allege they are being harassed by the public housing authority and its private management partners. It’s the latest legal challenge in a years-long…
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