At NYCHA’s Surfside Gardens, slow repairs leave seniors and residents with disabilities waiting years as broken elevators, intercoms, playgrounds, and trash compactors disrupt daily life.
Last month, the Department of City Planning reassigned the central design division that used zoning tools to manage public spaces and craft neighborhood character. Critics say the move will deprioritize…
In 2024, the city temporarily suspended requirements for some shelters during a surge of new immigrant arrivals, so that it could more quickly set up emergency sites. Mayor Mamdani now…
Clean sidewalks. More afterschool programs. A much-anticipated rent freeze. For months, City Limits has been talking with New Yorkers about what they want the new mayor to prioritize. Here’s what…
Following his inauguration Thursday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued an executive order to revitalize the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants and announced a series of upcoming public hearings for renters across…
Staff at the center, many of whom also live in NYCHA housing, say they keep the door to the mold-filled closet closed as much as possible. They say they’ve filed…
Dozens of public housing apartments will get plug-in induction ranges as part of the initiative, which aims to eventually shift 10,000 NYCHA homes off the use of polluting fossil fuel appliances.
Developers and New York City are building homes in factories and propping them up on vacant lots in the outer boroughs. Proponents say it can significantly cut down on construction…
New York’s Big Apple Connect program offers free Wi-Fi in public housing—and new pathways for police access to NYCHA cameras. In Harlem, youth advocates say real safety for young people…
An annual vigil honors the New Yorkers who died living on the streets and in the city’s shelters. “Every life lost to homelessness was preventable,” the event’s organizers said. “People…
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