The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth (CLARIFY), with the CUNY Journalism Council and Press Pass NYC, is now taking applications from New York City high school students for two journalism training camps this summer in Brooklyn and Queens.
Government
Mayor Suspends Some ‘Right to Shelter’ Rules in Scramble to House Asylum Seekers
Daniel Parra, Jeanmarie Evelly and Emma Whitford |
The mayor defended the move, saying the city had little choice as it struggles to keep up with a ballooning shelter population. But advocates say the change undermines the city’s social safety net and protections to ensure homeless families with children have access to safe conditions.
Bronx
Opinion: New York Utilities Must Align With State’s Climate Goals
Karines Reyes and Sonal Jessel |
“New York State laid out the strategy for equitably addressing the climate crisis. Now we must pass the NY HEAT Act to ensure we can deliver on that promise and make New York a leader in addressing ‘the single biggest health threat facing humanity.'”
Government
Subway Killing Sparks Public Outcry Over Treatment of Homeless New Yorkers
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Protestors crowded the F train station Wednesday in response to the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, chanting “Housing, not cops,” and “Homeless lives matter” alongside repeated calls for justice.
Brooklyn
Opinion: Taking Vacant Land And Power Back from the NYPD
Brianna Soleyn |
“These same vacant lots have 314,048 square feet of residentially zoned land on which new affordable housing units may be built, as well as 114,2071 square feet with the potential for manufacturing space that could bring good jobs to the local community.”
Bronx
Vendedores ambulantes del sur del Bronx fueron los más inspeccionados por el DCWP en los últimos meses
Daniel Parra |
En el primer trimestre de este año, el Departamento de Protección al Consumidor y al Trabajador (DCWP por sus siglas en inglés) de la ciudad emitió 414 multas a vendedores ambulantes en la ciudad. La agencia ya no lidera la inspección de vendedores desde el 1 de abril, fecha en que el Departamento de Sanidad (DSNY por sus siglas en inglés) empezó a hacerse cargo de estas funciones.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: With Community Land Trusts Back in the Spotlight, Lessons from 1970s NYC
Harriet Cohen |
“Now, longtime neighborhood residents across the city, people who put up with dangerous housing conditions for decades because they had no choice, but who fought to improve their neighborhoods, finally have the best chance in decades to get public support.” Adi Talwar Three buildings in the East Village are a part of the Cooper Square Community Land Trust. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! The Lower East Side, 1970s.It was a short five blocks from my apartment on East 4th Street, between Avenues C and D, to my job at a local community organization in the abandoned P.S. 64 on East 9th Street, later re-named El Bohio.
Bronx
South Bronx Street Vendors Topped City’s Inspection List in Final Months of DCWP Enforcement
Daniel Parra |
In the first quarter of this year, the city’s Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) issued 414 tickets to street vendors. The agency is no longer leading vendor enforcement as of April 1, when the Department of Sanitation took over.
Housing and Homelessness
Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim
Dashiell Allen |
Seventeen previously rent-stabilized apartments in Cristina Ramirez’s Harlem building haven’t been registered with the state since 2018. Her legal team says her case is illustrative of the need for greater enforcement of New York’s rent laws.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Building the QueensWay is an Investment in Our Communities
Rachel Kellner |
“The QueensWay is a unique opportunity to connect neighborhoods and people, and give families and residents the green space we deserve.”
Government
SEE IT: How NYC Turns Food & Yard Waste Into ‘Big Apple Compost’
Adi Talwar and Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits takes a multimedia look at how food waste is repurposed at the Department of Sanitation’s 33-acre composting facility in the Fresh Kills section of Staten Island. The site is part of New York City’s effort to operate “the nation’s largest composting program” and limit the climate impact of its waste sector, which accounts for 4 percent of citywide emissions.