At a Council hearing short on details, officials from Mayor Eric Adams’ administration pinned the shelter population rise on newly arriving immigrants from the Southern Border.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Penn Station Plan is a Job Well Done. It’s Time We Acknowledge That
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“The one thing that unites all New Yorkers is our collective disdain for the derelict old Penn Station. That’s why it makes no sense why some would come out against a plan to actually make it and the surrounding district better.”
City Limits Events
Save the Date: City Limits Day Gala Oct. 26
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City Limits turns 46 this year. Come celebrate with us and help support hard-hitting, impactful local journalism.
Housing and Homelessness
Pressed for Shelter Space, NYC Turns to Notorious Landlords with Ties to Mayor’s Chief of Staff
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Brothers Stuart and Jay Podolsky—long known for profiting off of poorly-maintained housing, and who are recent clients of Adams’ Chief of Staff Frank Carone—are leasing at least three of their hotels to the city for use as shelters for homeless families.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Rejecting the Notion of a ‘Feminist’ Jail for Harlem
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“Do New York City’s leaders intend to build a new jail every time an old one fails, as it always will? In a city which boasts some of the world’s leading creative, political, and courageous minds, can we not recognize policing and imprisonment as policy failures?”
Housing and Homelessness
New York City Housing Calendar, July 13-20
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City Limits rounds up the latest housing-related events and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Housing and Homelessness
What Would It Take to Move Street Homeless New Yorkers into Housing?
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If the ultimate goal is housing, might there be a way to save lives and money by giving some people a key to their own apartment without the wait, bypassing the shelter system entirely?
2022 election
Housing, Reproductive Rights on Voters’ Minds as Quiet NY Primary Unfolds
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Tuesday marked the first of this year’s primary elections in New York. Some voters told City Limits they were motivated to show up by the recent, controversial U.S Supreme Court decisions that overturned the constitutional right to an abortion as well as New York’s concealed-carry gun law.
Election 2022
In Wake of SoHo Rezoning, Development Divides a Manhattan Assembly Race
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With New York City mired in a historic affordability crisis, the Lower Manhattan Assembly race between Deborah Glick and challenger Ryder Kessler appears to be a microcosm of a broader debate among Democrats when it comes to development and housing: where to build, how much to build and how to make more units affordable.
Art at the Limits
The Art Treasures Behind NYC’s School Doors
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With pieces dating back to the early 20th century, the city’s public schools are home to almost 2,000 works encompassing realistic murals depicting the city’s history, giant pieces on exterior walls, playground installations that teach children about sound, fanciful fences and wall installations with nooks and crannies for students to explore. Faith Ringgold, Keith Haring, Romare Bearden and Carrie Mae Weems are among the many prominent artists represented.
Health and Environment
Homeless Hotel Residents Brace for Next Move as NYC Weighs Changes to COVID Protections
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The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) is re-evaluating its guidelines for sheltering older homeless adults and people with significant health problems that make them especially vulnerable to COVID-19, who can under the current rules access private or semi-private rooms. More than 170 such residents being housed at a Radisson Hotel in lower Manhattan will need to move out by early next month.
