Activists representing immigrant rights groups joined Black Lives Matters protestors at City Hall, calling for the city to protect funding for immigration nonprofits.
Citywide
City Must Tackle Barriers to Career-Track Jobs in Construction, Advocates Say
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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While the drastic cuts to HUD proposed by Trump are unlikely to pass, the future funding levels for the agency remain uncertain.
Citywide
New Head of Zoning Subcommittee Stresses Balanced Growth, Deep Affordability
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Councilmember Francisco Moya, the new chair of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, says his land use priorities are rooted in his Queens upbringing.