“Now this community is gentrified with condominiums that are coming up from all over…We’re the forgotten ones,” said Miguel Acevedo, the tenant association president at NYCHA’s Fulton Houses for the last 14 years. “When I took this role, I wanted to make sure that we’re part of any conversation that happens in Chelsea.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Ground Lease Co-Op Tenants, Trapped By Their Landowners
Tony Santiago |
“Lawmakers up in Albany have already proposed legislation to protect ground lease co-op residents around the state. We need standard rights and protections and New York has the chance to grant them.”
Housing and Homelessness
Meet Your Tenant Leader: Cynthia Tibbs, NYCHA’s West Side Urban Renewal Brownstones
Tatyana Turner |
Tibbs is the leader of one of 218 active resident associations across the city’s public housing system, according to NYCHA, where she’s worked to install new intercoms, host community events and support tenants with issues ranging from leaks to trespassers.
Bronx
2024 Election in NYC: Poll Site Confusion, First Time Voters & Hopes for Change
City Limits |
By 6 p.m., nearly 2.2 million New Yorkers and counting had turned up to vote in Tuesday’s election—many saying they were motivated by the chance for change and hopes for unity following a divisive presidential campaign season.
Government
NYCHA Board Green Lights Plan to Demolish & Rebuild Lower Manhattan Developments
Tatyana Turner |
Members of the housing authority’s board approved an agreement Wednesday that brings the razing and rebuilding of the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses closer to fruition, and kicks off a plan to provide tenants with repairs and upgrades while they wait.
Bronx
In One Day, Four NYCHA Developments Convert to PACT Private Management
Tatyana Turner |
After roughly three years of planning and engagement, four NYCHA developments now have new managers through one of the public housing preservation initiatives, aimed at unlocking repair funds.
Government
City Must Keep Funding Mainchance Homeless Drop-In Center, Court Rules
Patrick Spauster |
A state judge ruled that the city terminated the homeless center’s contract without rational basis, ensuring the Midtown East center can continue to operate until 2026.
Government
How Much Could Donald Trump-Tied Buildings Owe Under NYC’s Local Law 97?
Mariana Simões |
Five New York City properties that Donald Trump has a stake in could collectively owe millions in penalties over the next decade if they fail to comply with the landmark building emissions law.
Housing and Homelessness
¿Quién puede programar citas en el Centro de navegación de recursos para solicitantes de asilo y quién no?
Daniel Parra |
“La imposibilidad de conseguir una cita para el asilo tiene profundas consecuencias en la vida de los migrantes”, afirma Sophie Bah Kouyate, gestora de servicios de African Communities Together. “Sin acceso a estas citas, los migrantes quedan a menudo en un estado de limbo, incapaces de obtener un estatuto legal o acceder a servicios esenciales”.
Housing and Homelessness
Who Can Get Appointments at NYC’s Asylum Application Help Center, And Who Can’t?
Daniel Parra |
While shelter staff are the primary schedulers of appointments at the city’s Asylum Application Help Center, a network of community-based organizations and legal providers can refer cases too. Yet city guidelines obtained by City Limits stipulate the groups can only refer migrants who are “within 4 weeks of their one-year filing deadline” for asylum.
Housing and Homelessness
Para los inmigrantes, solicitar asilo puede suponer la diferencia entre 30 o 60 días más en un refugio
Daniel Parra |
Según la alcaldía, desde la implementación de las normas más estrictas de realojamiento de inmigrantes en mayo, se han evaluado más de 2.600 casos en el Centro de remisión de pasajes para inmigrantes y solicitantes de asilo, con más de 850 aprobaciones y más de 1.780 negaciones.