Officials are planning six buildings of all affordable housing at the contaminated city-owned site, as well as a park and a public school.
Art at the Limits
Across the City, Public Art Helps Memorialize and Grieve Those Lost to COVID-19
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In lieu of a centralized memorial, artists and everyday New Yorkers are creating temporary monuments to honor the people—disproportionately immigrant, working class, Black and Latino—who have died in a diffuse crisis with no clear end in sight.
obituaries
David Dinkins, Understated Pioneer and 106th Mayor, is Dead
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He made history in becoming mayor and faced multiple crises during a single term in City Hall.
Inmigración
¿Cómo pinta el tema de inmigración para el nuevo presidente electo Joe Biden?
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Hay regulaciones en inmigración que se pueden revertir de la misma forma como fueron impuestas, pero hay algunos cambios que tomarían varios meses o incluso un año por esta vía.
ciudad sin limites
Las consecuencias de que no inicie la transición de Trump a Biden
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La falta de coordinación e información que no está recibiendo el presidente electo Joe Biden puede tener consecuencias en la lucha contra la pandemia, la seguridad nacional, educación, empleo y hasta en inmigración.
Welfare
Big Response, Huge Need: NYC’s Welfare System Amid COVID-19
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The city’s social safety net has stretched to address the economic disaster created by the pandemic. It might have further to go.
2021 election
Women Have Already Made History in the 2021 Mayoral Race
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There appear to be more serious female candidates in the field than the city has ever had.
flushing waterfront rezoning
City Council Delays Flushing Waterfront Project Vote, As Lawmakers Raise Concerns
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The Council pushed back a vote on the controversial proposal to Dec. 7, after a dozen councilmembers signed onto a letter raising concerns over the project’s lack of commitments to affordable housing and jobs.
nyc mayoral race
WATCH: The 2021 Election and Remaking New York
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City Limits hosted a virtual discussion on the challenges and opportunities ahead for the next mayor. Featuring panelists Kyle Bragg of 32 BJ SEIU, New York State Senator Jessica Ramos, Jennifer Jones Austin of advocacy organization FPWA, Sandra Lobo of Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition and Kathryn Wylde of the Partnership of New York.
housing violations
New Law, Prompted by Bronx Boy’s Death, Sets Deadline for Landlord Repairs
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The legislation dates back to a 2002 tragedy when 8-year-old Jashawn Parker died in a fire in a residential Bronx building, where the landlord had failed to address almost 400 housing code violations for nearly two years.
Poverty
Opinion: What Do Biden and Trump Counties Have in Common? High Poverty
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‘We need a clearheaded new approach, based on the reality that the majority of struggling Americans could climb out—and stay out—of poverty, but only with significant help.’