After roughly three years of planning and engagement, four NYCHA developments now have new managers through one of the public housing preservation initiatives, aimed at unlocking repair funds.
Bronx
Opinion: City of Yes Will Help Turn Underutilized Space into Life-Saving Housing
Kathryn Haslanger |
“Infills can create new housing while also helping provide funding or upgrades to preserve existing buildings, all helping to reinvigorate a neighborhood.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC Needs Smart Growth & Affordability, Not Unchecked Hikes in Density
Corey B. Bearak, Michael Mallia and Bryan Block |
“We believe that organic community-led development that ensures any necessary infrastructure upgrades—and, perhaps more importantly as a matter of public policy, housing affordability—is what we should strive for.”
Housing and Homelessness
¿Quién puede programar citas en el Centro de navegación de recursos para solicitantes de asilo y quién no?
Daniel Parra |
“La imposibilidad de conseguir una cita para el asilo tiene profundas consecuencias en la vida de los migrantes”, afirma Sophie Bah Kouyate, gestora de servicios de African Communities Together. “Sin acceso a estas citas, los migrantes quedan a menudo en un estado de limbo, incapaces de obtener un estatuto legal o acceder a servicios esenciales”.
Housing and Homelessness
Who Can Get Appointments at NYC’s Asylum Application Help Center, And Who Can’t?
Daniel Parra |
While shelter staff are the primary schedulers of appointments at the city’s Asylum Application Help Center, a network of community-based organizations and legal providers can refer cases too. Yet city guidelines obtained by City Limits stipulate the groups can only refer migrants who are “within 4 weeks of their one-year filing deadline” for asylum.
Bronx
Opinion: For Affordable Housing, Inclusive Design Can Help Communities Get to ‘Yes’
Magnus Magnusson |
“By making both aesthetic and programmatic contributions like commercial or community services to their neighborhood, these buildings were viewed as assets and gained them acceptance not always afforded to new developments.”
Brooklyn
NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 3-9
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Citywide
City of Yes for Housing: See How Your Community Board & Borough President Voted
Jeanmarie Evelly, Patrick Spauster and Chris Janaro |
As the mayor’s citywide zoning reform plan undergoes public review, City Limits is keeping tabs on responses. So far, more than half of the city’s community boards have voted unfavorably, though four out of five borough presidents have come out (largely) in favor.
Housing and Homelessness
Para los inmigrantes, solicitar asilo puede suponer la diferencia entre 30 o 60 días más en un refugio
Daniel Parra |
Según la alcaldía, desde la implementación de las normas más estrictas de realojamiento de inmigrantes en mayo, se han evaluado más de 2.600 casos en el Centro de remisión de pasajes para inmigrantes y solicitantes de asilo, con más de 850 aprobaciones y más de 1.780 negaciones.
Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 26-30
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Housing and Homelessness
For Migrants in Shelter, An Asylum Application Can Mean the Difference Between 30 or 60 More Days
Daniel Parra |
According to City Hall, since rolling out new stricter re-sheltering rules for adult migrants without children in May, it’s assessed over 2,600 shelter extension cases at the Reticketing Center, issuing over 850 approvals and over 1,780 denials.
