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Boroughs

Off the Map: Swaths of Southeast Queens Overlooked in State's List of Climate-Priority Neighborhoods

Roxanne Scott | September 25, 2023

Under New York’s climate law, “disadvantaged communities” that have borne the brunt of pollution and other environmental issues are being prioritized for funding and climate-related benefits. But swaths of Southeast Queens didn’t make the cut, what local leaders say was an oversight.

Mentores de NYCHA condenan el repentino recorte del programa para jóvenes de la era De Blasio

Adultos inmigrantes son trasladados de hoteles a albergues en carpas para liberar espacio

NYCHA Mentors Condemn Sudden Cut of De Blasio-Era Youth Program 

Opinion: Cricket Stadium Proposal is Wrong Fit for Van Cortlandt Park

Government

Immigrant Adults Shuffled from Hotels to Tent Shelters, As City Seeks to Free Up Space

Daniel Parra | September 13, 2023

City Limits spoke with several of the immigrants being transferred from the Holiday Inn Manhattan downtown to the new, large congregate shelter on Randall’s Island, a group that included a pregnant woman and asylum seekers on crutches, among others.  

Brooklyn
MacDonough St, Brooklyn

A Real Estate Trust Bought Dozens of Brooklyn Brownstones. Now It Wants Out.

Patrick Spauster | September 11, 2023

A real estate trust bought single-family homes in gentrifying Brooklyn neighborhoods, renovated, and rented them out at a premium. With the trust now looking to offload the assets, tenants are left in an uncertain position, feeling like homeownership is further out of reach than ever.

Brooklyn

City Pitches 4K Apartments for Industrial Central Brooklyn Stretch

Emma Whitford | September 7, 2023

Mayor Eric Adams has positioned the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan as one of two significant neighborhood-level rezonings that could help boost his “moonshot” goal of 500,000 new units of housing over the next decade.

Health and Environment

‘High Line Teens’ Help Pave the Way for a Greener Chelsea

Jillian Peprah-Frimpong | September 6, 2023

The workforce development program allows teens to explore how city spaces can be repurposed for greater sustainability. “I feel like the High Line is one of the few green spaces that are actually accessible to the community,” said Aniyah Cameron, a Chelsea native and High Line Teens participant.

Bronx
Edenwald Houses Tenant Association President Walter J. McNeil

As Bronx’s Largest NYCHA Development Converts to PACT, Tenants Look to Their Neighbors

Tatyana Turner | August 30, 2023

As part of a $930 million transaction, what federal officials say is the largest yet, NYCHA added the more than 2,000 apartments at the Edenwald Houses to its portfolio of units that have been converted to PACT, the authority’s initiative that partners with private developers to access funds for public housing repairs.

fruit vendor
Citywide

In First Months of Street Vendor Enforcement, Sanitation Seized—Then Donated—32,220 Pounds of Food

Daniel Parra | August 30, 2023

Since Sanitation took the street vending enforcement reins, the department has confiscated abandoned or non-compliant material from street vendors in 228 cases, and has donated 32,220 pounds of food and composted another 3,880 pounds.

Brooklyn
cooling center sign

As Climate Change Brings Hotter Temps, Can NYC Improve its Cooling Center Program?

CLARIFY News | August 28, 2023

“People are bringing it up, people are talking about it and thinking about what can be done, but I don’t know that that has translated very well into action yet,” said Victoria Sanders, research analyst at the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance. “We really want to see actions starting to play out.”

Brooklyn
Vanderbilt Yard

State Weighs Tax Deal, Plans ‘Public Engagement’ for Atlantic Yards as Housing Deadline Nears

Norman Oder | August 24, 2023

The developer and MTA have come to agreement on the platform needed for three towers, but Greenland USA won’t proceed without a key tax break. As Empire State Development floats proposals, watchdogs warn of delays.

ARTS and CULTURE

Opinion: Recognizing Queens’ Hip-Hop Legacy, 50 Years Later

Nantasha Williams | August 22, 2023

“The Bronx may have birthed hip-hop, but Queens embraced it with open arms and nurtured its growth. As the phenomenon spread through New York City, Queens quickly established itself as a hotbed for talent, nurturing the creativity of aspiring artists who would later become legends.”

Housing and Homelessness
Asylum seekers outside a shelter in Queens

Iniciativa de albergar ​​solicitantes de asilo en centros religiosos arranca con lentitud en medio de escasez de capacidad

Daniel Parra | August 18, 2023

Project Hospitality e Interfaith Center of New York, dos de las partes involucradas en el contrato, dijeron que el camino para iniciar el programa ha sido accidentado y esperan que menos de 10 de los 50 espacios designados abran sus puertas en las próximas semanas.

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