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

By Harry DiPrinzio | July 22, 2019

Families and homeless students makeup the majority of homeless people living in Bushwick. 1,039 of the neighborhood’s 1,462 shelter residents (71 percent) lived in family shelters in April.

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10 NYCHA Senior Centers to Remain Open

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

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

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

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.
 

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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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New Head of Zoning Subcommittee Stresses Balanced Growth, Deep Affordability

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | February 15, 2018

Councilmember Francisco Moya, the new chair of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, says his land use priorities are rooted in his Queens upbringing.

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City Tackles Roll-Out of Right to Counsel in Housing Court

By Abigail Savitch-Lew | January 17, 2018

Legal service providers say the phase-in of the city’s unprecedented right to counsel program is going well but comes with challenges.

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