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NYC Issued Over 10,000 Street Vendor Tickets, Confiscated Tons of Food in 2024

The number of NYPD tickets in 2024 was five times higher than in 2019, when the police were the primary enforcers of vendor rules before the pandemic hit and the…

Climate and Environment Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

New York Approved a Major Gas Pipeline Expansion. What Does it Mean for its Climate Goals?

The approval of Iroquois’ enhancement project, which utility companies argue is needed to heat New Yorkers’ homes in the coldest months, amps up planet-warming pollution—and signals that the state’s commitment…

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Brooklyn Tenants Brace for ‘Doomsday’ As Their Affordable Housing Deal Nears Its End

The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), a federal subsidy, has created and preserved affordable rents for decades. Now, its expiration could force residents out.

Government Immigration In Depth Investigations Justice Politics

What the Laken Riley Act Means for Immigrant New Yorkers

The first law signed by President Donald Trump in his second term expands the type of crimes for which noncitizens can be arrested and detained without the option for release…

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

NYC Voucher Households Are Concentrated in a Handful of Neighborhoods, Data Shows

CityFHEPS vouchers are supposed to give low-income New Yorkers more choice in where they live, but data shows that voucher holders are predominately renting in certain Bronx and Southeast Brooklyn…

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth Investigations Justice Labor

The Immigrant Sex Workers Caught Up in ‘Operation Restore Roosevelt’

Advocates and defense attorneys said the majority of people facing a prostitution charge under the city’s crackdown in Queens are immigrants, whose immigration proceedings and ability to find better jobs…

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

The Blocks, Strips, and Neighborhoods Carved Out of ‘City of Yes’

The mayor’s ambitious zoning plan was designed to create “a little more housing” in every neighborhood. But the version passed by the Council includes several carve outs to protect single-family…

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Fire-Proofing New York’s High-Rises, 50 Years After ‘The Towering Inferno’

Even today, there is ongoing debate among builders, safety experts and first responders about whether New York City is doing enough to reduce the risks of high-rise fire catastrophes—all as…

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

What the Council’s Revamped ‘City of Yes for Housing’ Deal Includes

The Council voted to adopt a modified version of the City of Yes plan—one which scales back some of the zoning reforms included in the original, adds affordability incentives, and…

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Crown Heights Homeowners Say They’re Bearing the Brunt of Mayor Adams’ War on Rats

Two years into the mayor’s anti-rodent siege, rat infestations persist, but one consequence of the policy change has emerged: a major uptick in homeowner fines. “The summonses started escalating,” said…

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