Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 26-30
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Government
Spiking Evictions Renew Calls to Reform NYC Marshals System
Patrick Spauster |
Last year, marshals served more than 13,000 evictions, up from 5,000 in 2022, and just 268 in 2021, when the pandemic eviction moratorium was still in place. Over the past five years, six of the city’s 28 marshals were cited for errors during evictions.
Government
Planting Certain Trees Can Make NYC’s Polluted Air Worse, New Study Finds
Mariana Simões |
Species like oaks and sweetgums, which make up a large share of the city’s treescape, emit a chemical that generates a toxic gas when it comes into contact with fossil fuel pollution, researchers say.
Bronx
City’s Public Hospitals Mark Milestone in Surprising Role: Housing Patients
Jeanmarie Evelly |
NYC Health + Hospitals says it’s found permanent homes for more than 1,200 of its patients and their families, both through supportive housing placements and in affordable apartments on its own land. The marker comes as the mayor directs all city agencies to examine their property holdings for places to build new housing.
Citywide
Tracking Community Boards’ Feedback on City of Yes for Housing
Jeanmarie Evelly, Chris Janaro and Subeksha Poudel |
“I think those of us who have homes should think about those who don’t have homes,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a recent push for his housing plan. “Far too many New Yorkers can’t afford to live in the city and we don’t have the housing stock that we need.”
Government
With Hurricane Season Underway, Flooding Concerns Rise Among New York Commuters
Duncan Park, Emmanuel Brown, Jayleen Torres, Melanie Gonzalez, Subrina Singh and Pierce Malter |
New Yorkers are taking notice as the city’s aging subway system battles with more downpours and the threat of Sandy-like floods.
Bronx
Concejo aprueba rezonificación de 7.000 nuevas viviendas en alrededores de futuras estaciones de tren del Este del Bronx
Jeanmarie Evelly |
El plan permitirá un nuevo proyecto residencial en torno a dos estaciones de Metro-North en Morris Park y Parkchester/Van Nest. Según la concejal Kristy Marmorato, incluye “modificaciones fundamentales” para responder a las preocupaciones de los vecinos por conservar el carácter del barrio.
Brooklyn
Early Votes Are In: NYCHA’s Coney Island Houses Opts to Stay in Section 9, While Unity Towers Picks the ‘Trust’
Tatyana Turner |
Coney Island Houses residents are the first to choose to stay in traditional public housing since NYCHA began holding these elections last year.
Citywide
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 19-26
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Bronx
Council Approves Rezoning to Spur 7K New Homes Around Future East Bronx Train Stations
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The plan will allow for new residential development around two incoming MetroNorth stations in Morris Park and Parkchester/Van Nest. It includes “critical modifications” to respond to locals concerns about retaining neighborhood character, according to local Councilmember Kristy Marmorato.
