coronavirus pandemic
A Year and a Half Into Pandemic, NYC’s Mutual Aid Movement at a Turning Point
Arden Sklar |
The mutual aid movement continues, but groups are increasingly seeking new ways to ensure their long-term sustainability.
Opinion
Opinion: Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics Provide Essential Care to NY’s Underserved
Yaberci Perez-Cubillán |
‘The continued expansion and funding of CCBHCs is not guaranteed, despite bipartisan support, and the pandemic will continue to fuel mental health and addiction crises.’
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
‘They Were Uninhabitable’—Ex-Landlords Leave Raft of Hazards at Former Bronx Cluster Sites
David Brand |
In June, the city spent $122 million to purchase 14 former cluster site buildings, turning them over to nonprofit organizations to fix up and operate as permanent housing. The organizations have their work cut out for them: There were more than 1,100 open Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) violations across the portfolio at the time of purchase.
supportive housing
Opinion: Let’s Have a Compassionate Conversation About NYC Homelessness
Tori Lyon |
‘For every supportive housing slot there are six applications. Nearly 45,000 New Yorkers, including 14,000 children, fill the shelter system. What we need now is the political will to invest in this long-term goal while offering shorter-term pathways to housing.’
Housing and Homelessness
Supreme Court Ruling on NY Eviction Ban Fuels Confusion For Tenants and Landlords
David Brand |
‘When you see that line stretch down the block and wrap around the corner, you’ll know things are back to normal,’ one housing advocate said. ‘It’s going to snowball at some point and it’s going to start rolling down the hill.’
Una Ciudad sin Límites
Congresista llega a un acuerdo para mantener el propuesto convertidor de alta tensión fuera del “callejón del asma” del sur del Bronx
Liz Donovan |
Un representante de las empresas que están detrás de la propuesta dice que han acordado revisar los planes en respuesta a la oposición de la comunidad y si el proyecto se aprueba, se construiría el convertidor en una zona industrial fuera del Bronx.
Transportation
E-scooters, First in the City, Head to the East Bronx—to Mixed Reactions
Griffin Kelly |
‘Everything has been car-centric since Robert Moses divided the borough in half with the Cross Bronx Expressway,’ one Bronxite who welcomes the scooters told City Limits. ‘It’s just a matter of righting a lot of those wrongs, and we’re glad the city is finally paying attention to us.’
Health and Environment
Rep. Ritchie Torres Strikes Deal to Keep Proposed High-Voltage Converter Out of South Bronx’s ‘Asthma Alley’
Liz Donovan |
A representative for the companies behind the proposal say they’ve since agreed to revise the plans in response to the community opposition, and if the project is approved, would build the converter in an industrial area outside of the Bronx.
Transportation
City to Install Story Ave. Bus Lanes This Month, As Advocates Push for Other Bronx Fixes
Griffin Kelly |
Advocates say they would like to see the timely completion of other major projects in the borough before Mayor de Blasio leaves office, including adding bus lanes on Gun Hill Road and University Avenue, and curbing the number of cars and trucks often blocking the bus lanes on Fordham Road.
Housing and Homelessness
NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for Homeless Families
David Brand |
The 14 building-deal marks the third time the city has purchased cluster site properties to convert into permanent homes. It also illustrates the complicated reliance on bad landlords to provide temporary shelter—and the business of handing those same owners tens of millions of dollars for their buildings.
