“Fear aside, will our city recognize health care as a human right? If these sick people can’t be placed in a hospital campus, then where else can they go?”
Podcast: El Diario Sin Límites
¿Qué han arrojado dos encuestas a votantes latinos sobre las elecciones de medio término?
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La Asociación Nacional de Funcionarios Latinos Elegidos y Nombrados, (National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials o NALEO Educational Fund, por sus siglas en inglés) proyectó que 11.61 millones de latinos votarán en las elecciones de 2022.
Family homelessness
Fewer NYC Families Left Shelters for Permanent Homes Last Year. New Report Shows How to Ease More Moves
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More than 5,200 New York City families moved from homeless shelters to permanent housing during the 2022 fiscal year, down significantly from the year prior. A new report says the city could accelerate move-outs with a few policy tweaks that streamline access to rental assistance.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
No es solo Manhattan: alquileres siguen subiendo en toda la ciudad de Nueva York
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En los cinco condados y en general en el mercado de alquiler, los precios de los apartamentos siguen aumentando, según un análisis de casi 390.000 anuncios de los últimos tres años que el portal online StreetEasy ha compartido con City Limits.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New York Needs a Bold Climate Action Plan
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“The Climate Action Council Scoping Plan for New York must not allow for new or repowered gas power plants that pollute our air and endanger community health. Additionally, the final plan must set a 2024 deadline for all electric new building construction and a similar 2027 deadline for bigger buildings.”
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Sewer Backups Nearly Doubled in NYC Last Year Due to Climate Change
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The city’s aging infrastructure combined with more intense rainfall is resulting in more backups, which took on average more than 15 hours to resolve during the last fiscal year that ended in June.
Affordable Housing
More People Snagged Units in NYC Housing Lotteries Last Year, But Wait Times Grew
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The city’s affordable housing lotteries are notoriously competitive, but new data shows some progress: in the most recent fiscal year that ended in June, 6,173 applicants were approved for a unit through the lottery system, up nearly 24 percent from the fiscal year prior. But the approval process took longer for applicants than the year before, and the odds remain tough.
housing
City Planning Approves Innovation QNS Rezoning, Sending Plan to a Council Vote
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Innovation QNS has emerged as the latest flashpoint in a debate over housing production, with supporters saying the plan will provide much-needed units for New Yorkers of all income levels, while opponents say it includes too few income-restricted units for low- and middle-income residents.
Mapping the Future
NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 22-29
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City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Housing and Homelessness
The NYPD Now Decides What Homeless Encampments Get Swept
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The new, formalized procedure essentially codifies what has become a de facto sweeps policy under Mayor Eric Adams, and replaces a 2020 directive that removed the NYPD from most street homeless outreach and clean-ups in the wake of an uprising for police accountability and reform spurred by the murder of George Floyd.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: America’s Public Housing, As Told By Those Who Live There
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“The story of public housing has been engulfed by stereotypes and misconceptions. Facts have been distorted. Nuance has been lost. Residents’ real-life accounts have been reduced to tropes of exceptionalism or tragedy—or forgotten altogether.”
