A month and a half since the housing authority closed applications for the Section 8 waitlist—giving households a chance at a NYCHA-issued housing voucher—notifications are to be sent out beginning Thursday.
CLARIFY (The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth) is working with more than two dozen talented high school students from across New York City, who are reporting on issues impacting their communities.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Mayor Eric Adams’ ambitious citywide zoning reform is facing its greatest trial yet: the opinions of all 59 community boards, five borough presidents, and the general public.
Para el 2040, los investigadores estiman que el número de residentes de la ciudad mayores de 65 años aumentará en un 40 por ciento. “Deberíamos duplicar, triplicar y cuadruplicar las inversiones en servicios para personas mayores para hacer frente a ese aumento de la población”, afirmó la concejal Crystal Hudson, que preside el comité sobre envejecimiento.
By 2040, researchers estimate the number of city residents aged 65 and older will increase by 40 percent. “We should be doubling, tripping, quadrupling on investments for older adult services to meet and match that population increase,” said Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who chairs the Committee on Aging.
“If Mayor Adams is serious about addressing the affordability crisis, he should direct his city agencies to use planning tools to slow land speculation, tax warehoused property and pied-à-terres, and subsidize housing outside of the profit-making system.”
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Clemons is an accomplished non-profit executive with a deep passion for effecting change in the lives of marginalized communities.
After weeks of negotiations, the unarmed security program that was poised to end on June 30 will continue.
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