The choice of Randall’s Island for the asylum-seeker tents recalls the historic role of the island—along with adjoining Wards Island—as a drop-off point for New York City’s most marginalized groups.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: ‘Just Home’ Project Planned for The Bronx Deserves Community Support
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“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?”
events
NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 29-Oct. 6
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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.
Education
Should New York High Schools Be Required to Teach Financial Literacy?
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A bill that would require high school students across the state to take a personal finance course has been introduced a number of times in the Albany legislature dating back to 2009, but has yet to pass. “This is something that every kid kind of needs to do, and we are kind of thrown into doing it on our own time, without any guidance,” said Anisha Singhal, a senior at Stuyvesant High School who’s pushing more schools to teach financial skills.
Health and Environment
NYCHA Pledges $200 to Riis Households In Wake of Botched Arsenic Alert
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Riis residents who have spoken with City Limits since the Sept. 2 incident, in which they were incorrectly told their taps may be contaminated, have described spending hundreds of dollars on prepared food and using food stamps to purchase packaged water. Several said they visited their doctors to undergo blood testing, while parents said they have continued to use bottled water to bathe their babies and young children.
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 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.
