‘FEMA is temporarily extending assistance for the 83 Puerto Rican families set to lose their shelter in New York City. But the fight is not over.’
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Understanding Your ‘Right to Counsel’: New Resources for Tenants Facing Eviction
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The Right to Counsel program is being phased in over five years by zip code and is currently available to 15 zip codes, three in each borough.
Budget
UrbaNerd: How Much Support has the State Sent NYCHA?
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State payments to NYCHA have soared over the past couple years. But the vast majority of that money is actually Sandy recovery funding from the federal government, not from Albany’s coffers.
Affirmatively Furthering fair housing
City Launches Effort to Identify and Reduce Housing Segregation
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In January, HUD delayed a federal rule requiring cities and states to assess whether their policies made housing segregation better or worse. But New York is going ahead with its own self-examination anyway.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Report: Mortgage Denials Higher in NYC’s Neighborhoods of Color
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Even when ‘controlling for income, loan size and other factors,’ Black were twice as likely as Whites and Latinos 1.5 times as likely as Whites to be denied for home loans, with similar disparities evident in the numbers for refinance applications.
Affordable Housing
Report: Thousands of Affordable Units Could Go Market-Rate as Tax Credit Deals Lapse
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A new set of threats to affordable housing is looming in New York City, thanks to the Trump administration, the real-estate market and time itself.
City Council
See a Map of NYCHA’s Heat and Hot Water Problems
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The outages after the ‘bomb cyclone’ touched every borough, according to data retried by the Pratt Center.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
UrbaNerd: Dramatic Shifts in NYPD Street Arrests in the De Blasio Era
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Broken windows policing changed substantially under de Blasio and Bratton even as both men defended that policing strategy to the hilt.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Read the FBI Report on Its Spying Campaign Against MLK
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The bureau’s “illegal counterintelligence program directed to discredit and neutralize the civil rights leader” extended beyond his death, to a campaign to thwart the establishment of today’s holiday.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Ahead of Push for Rezoning’s Approval, City Offers New Details on Investments for Inwood
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The de Blasio administration’s fifth proposed rezoning will likely enter public review next week.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
From Jails to Jamaica Bay: 18 New York City Stories to Watch in 2018
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The election? Well, duh! The 2020 Census? Wait, huh?