Sources familiar with the plan say the city is looking to open 950 shelter beds at sites run by dozens of religious organizations in the coming months.
Brooklyn
Opinion: 421-a Deadline Threatens the Promise of Gowanus Rezoning
Michelle de la Uz and Rachel Fee |
“Gowanus is a critical example, but there are other mixed-income projects with much needed affordable housing comprising thousands more apartments across the city—many in high opportunity communities, and all of which were duly approved through the city’s land-use process—that need the deadline extended in order to happen.”
Economy
Costly Utility Rates Could Jeopardize MTA’s Move to All-Electric Buses
Mariana Simões |
This summer, utility companies must submit plans detailing how they’ll implement a series of solutions to make electricity rates more affordable for electric vehicles. But their plan has fallen short of giving the MTA the preferential rate it says it needs to able to foot the bill, as it seeks to transition its 5,800-bus fleet off fossil fuels.
Government
PÓDCAST: ¿Cómo se ve la frontera más de una semana después del fin del Título 42?
Daniel Parra |
Liego de que se levantara el Título 42, según el subsecretario de Política Fronteriza e Inmigración del DHS, Blas Núñez-Neto, las autoridades fronterizas han registrado una disminución del número de cruces de migrantes de todas las nacionalidades de más del 56 por ciento.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Geofence Warrants Violate NY’s Constitution. Let’s Ban Them.
Michaelle Solages |
“These searches enable government agencies to track the whereabouts of thousands of individuals without any specific suspicion of their involvement in criminal activities.”
Education
After Years-Long Push, City College to Open Center for Immigrant Students
Daniel Parra |
Despite having an undocumented student population of more than 5,000, and more than a third of undergraduate students who are born outside the mainland U.S., the entire CUNY system has only two such “immigrant student success centers.”
Government
How Our Obsession With Parking Fuels the Climate Crisis
Danielle Renwick, Nexus Media News |
What could a city like New York achieve if it repurposed some of its 3 million curbside parking spots? It could help drivers kick their addictions to cars and avert climate catastrophe, writes Henry Grabar, author of the new book “Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World.”
Housing and Homelessness
Housing Events in NYC This Week: ‘Rent is Too Damn High’ Rally
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Government
NYCHA Expected to Get ‘Significant Majority’ of State Budget Rent Relief Funds
Tatyana Turner |
While the total won’t be clear until remaining applications for the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) are processed, a majority of the $391 in aid will likely go to the housing authority and other public housing tenants, with $35 million specifically earmarked for NYCHA. Still, thousands of New Yorkers living in public or subsidized housing did not apply for ERAP but continue to struggle with mounting debt.
Government
Groups Tell Speaker Adams: Time is Now for ‘Social Housing’ Bills
Emma Whitford |
Albany’s inaction has made it more urgent for the council speaker to help pass a package of bills aimed at boosting the supply of homes accessible to, and controlled by, low-income New Yorkers, more than 100 groups said in a letter Tuesday. Some of the legislation has gotten a frosty reception from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, as well as for-profit developers.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: As Century 21 Returns Downtown, Finding Forgotten Members of the 9/11 Community
Michael Barasch |
“Over 600 union retail workers worked at the department store across the street from the World Trade Center. Many of them are now facing health challenges related to their toxic exposure…They, and so many others who were present there during and after the 9/11 attacks, need to be notified of their rights.”
