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NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 29-Oct. 6
Mariam Hydara |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Education
Should New York High Schools Be Required to Teach Financial Literacy?
Jeanmarie Evelly |
A bill that would require high school students across the state to take a personal finance course has been introduced a number of times in the Albany legislature dating back to 2009, but has yet to pass. “This is something that every kid kind of needs to do, and we are kind of thrown into doing it on our own time, without any guidance,” said Anisha Singhal, a senior at Stuyvesant High School who’s pushing more schools to teach financial skills.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
No es solo Manhattan: alquileres siguen subiendo en toda la ciudad de Nueva York
David Brand, Ma-Sadio Faye, Quainat Mariam, Manuel Lozano-Velez, Nowshin Rahman, Tiara Soto and Jaelynn Jimenez |
En los cinco condados y en general en el mercado de alquiler, los precios de los apartamentos siguen aumentando, según un análisis de casi 390.000 anuncios de los últimos tres años que el portal online StreetEasy ha compartido con City Limits.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Sewer Backups Nearly Doubled in NYC Last Year Due to Climate Change
Liz Donovan |
The city’s aging infrastructure combined with more intense rainfall is resulting in more backups, which took on average more than 15 hours to resolve during the last fiscal year that ended in June.
Affordable Housing
More People Snagged Units in NYC Housing Lotteries Last Year, But Wait Times Grew
Sanjida Akter, Jieni Zheng, Melisa Kayatekin, Tasmia Afrin, Marco Estrada and Jeanmarie Evelly |
The city’s affordable housing lotteries are notoriously competitive, but new data shows some progress: in the most recent fiscal year that ended in June, 6,173 applicants were approved for a unit through the lottery system, up nearly 24 percent from the fiscal year prior. But the approval process took longer for applicants than the year before, and the odds remain tough.
Mapping the Future
NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 22-29
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Housing and Homelessness
The NYPD Now Decides What Homeless Encampments Get Swept
David Brand |
The new, formalized procedure essentially codifies what has become a de facto sweeps policy under Mayor Eric Adams, and replaces a 2020 directive that removed the NYPD from most street homeless outreach and clean-ups in the wake of an uprising for police accountability and reform spurred by the murder of George Floyd.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
VIDEO: Homeless Families Are Waiting Longer in NYC Shelters. Here Are Their Stories
Clara-Sophia Daly and Bahar Ostadan |
Dirty bath water and a slew of apartment rejections test the faith of three single moms trying to get out of the city’s homeless shelter system. After 14 months, Johanna Garcia finally found an apartment for her and her children—but the journey wasn’t easy, and the average length of stay in shelter for families like hers is only getting longer, new data shows.
Politics & Government
What Would NYC Look Like Without Right to Shelter? Bleak, Say the People Who’ve Needed It
David Brand |
The city’s ‘right to shelter’ provides a basic safety net not seen anywhere else in the country, allowing anyone who wants a shelter bed to get one (at least temporarily). But that right appears to be under siege as the city struggles to meet shelter demand amid a surge in homelessness.
CLARIFY
City Limits’ Youth Reporting Internship for Fall: Apply by Oct. 2
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits, a nonprofit news organization that’s been covering New York for 46 years, is now accepting applications from high school students for CLARIFY, its paid youth journalism training program for the fall of 2022.
