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Lost in Translation: Audit Finds Language Barriers at City Health Facilities & During Restaurant Inspections

The audit discovered “numerous deficiencies” in how the city’s Health Department provided interpretation services to New Yorkers with limited English proficiency when they visited the agency’s facilities, or when health…

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Unable to Reach Deal Before Court Deadline, Mamdani Appeals in Rental Voucher Expansion Case

The Mamdani administration is appealing a court decision compelling the city to expand the CityFHEPS rental assistance program—a suit he said he’d drop—after negotiations with advocates and City Council leaders…

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development

While Affordable Housing Tenants Pay Extra for Amenities, Some Market Rate Renters Get Them For Free

While high prices lock some New York City affordable housing tenants out of their luxury building’s amenities—like game rooms, gyms, co-working spaces, and lounges—some of their market-rate neighbors are getting…

Economy Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

What NY State’s Budget Proposals Include to Fight Hunger—And What’s Left Out

Anti-hunger advocates are pushing for a stronger state response to fill gaps created by federal funding cuts and new work requirements for SNAP, also known as food stamps, that experts…

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

The Mayor Promises a New Approach to Encampment ‘Sweeps.’ Homeless Advocates Don’t Buy It.

Mamdani administration officials told the City Council this week that outreach teams have cleared 40 homeless encampments since January, and referred 85 people to the shelter system, though did not…

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Isaacs Houses Tenants Vote to Stay in Section 9 Public Housing, Early Tally Shows

Tenants at the Upper East Side NYCHA development were the latest to vote on what funding model they want for their buildings, rebuffing two newer initiatives that officials say would…

Climate and Environment Featured Government Health Housing and Homelessness

More NYC Households to Qualify for Energy Efficiency Upgrades Under Tweaked State Program

The state is adjusting its income eligibility criteria for Empower+, which helps tenants and homeowners pay for energy-saving building upgrades. Previous rules made it hard for city households to qualify:…

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Mamdani Sits Down With Tenants at Bronx ‘Rental Ripoff’ Hearing, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

“These are conversations that will deliver dignity to New Yorkers by getting those leaks fixed, by restoring that heat, by putting an end to the kinds of unaffordable fees that…

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Blame Game: Persistent Oversight Issues Endanger Mitchell-Lama Tenants, Report Finds

A report from State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli highlights ongoing repair issues, vacancies, and mismanaged funds in the city’s revered middle income Mitchell Lama housing developments. But who is responsible is…

Economy Featured Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development

How NYC’s Housing Crisis is Squeezing its Small Businesses

As New York City housing costs continue to outpace incomes, the pressure ricochets through commercial corridors, pushing out some of the very businesses that define them.

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