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A Statistical Snapshot of NYC's Veterans

By Jarrett Murphy | November 11, 2020

The city was home to 138,000 veterans in 2019, a little over 2 percent of the population. Most served in the Gulf War or thereafter, but some from WWII remain.

Pro-immigrant Groups Join BLM Protests at City Hall

In Bushwick, (and the City) Families are the Majority of the Homeless

10 NYCHA Senior Centers to Remain Open

De Blasio's Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings

Bus Action Plan

MTA’s Bus Overhaul Could be Lifeline for Healthcare Workers, Who Face City’s Longest Commutes

By Jeanmarie Evelly | May 11, 2018

The MTA’s Bus Action Plan may benefit healthcare workers, who have the city’s longest commutes and rely heavily on the bus network.

Citywide

City Must Tackle Barriers to Career-Track Jobs in Construction, Advocates Say

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 17, 2018

The De Blasio administration has expanded partnerships with unions and amped up construction safety requirements, but advocates say the city could go farther to ensure low income residents access real careers in the industry.

Affordable Housing

Council Report Lays Out Agenda to Address NYC’s Segregation

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 10, 2018

The report interrogates the meaning of integration in a gentrifying city and sets out 12 policy recommendations related to housing, schools and infrastructure.

CHR

Call for Crackdown on ‘Rent Fraud’ in Rezoning Neighborhoods

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 9, 2018

Rent-stabilized tenants made a lot of policy wins last year, but advocates say there’s still more the state and city could do to fight rent overcharges in rent-stabilized apartments.

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With De Blasio Rezonings, City’s Scarce Industrial Land Becomes Scarcer

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 3, 2018

Industry and neighborhood advocates have concerns about the continuing conversion of industrial land to residential land, but the administration says it is carefully striking balance of ranging city priorities.

Budget

Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 30, 2018

There is a $15 million allocation for rental subsidies and a modest allocation for NYCHA, but also language on state oversight that concerns some advocates.
 

Citywide

Federal Audit Demands Better Oversight of Program Key to NYCHA’s Survival Plan

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 27, 2018

The Rental Assistance Demonstration program is expanding nationally and in New York City, but a new government report says the program needs better federal monitoring.

Affordable Housing

Evaluating the Rent Crisis: 10 Facts from the Housing Vacancy Survey and Advocates’ Reactions

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 20, 2018

At a City Council hearing on Monday, advocates evaluated new census data on the city’s housing emergency.

Affordable Housing

Report: Amid Housing Crisis, NY Must Rethink How Land is Owned

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 9, 2018

Authors say that the nation’s current housing system fails communities and that political leaders must bring alternative models to scale.

Budget

City Pushes Back Against Another Austere HUD Budget

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | February 21, 2018

While the drastic cuts to HUD proposed by Trump are unlikely to pass, the future funding levels for the agency remain uncertain.

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