The housing stories you might have missed this week.
BRONX BUREAU
Public Health is Task Force Focus in Wake of Jerome Avenue Rezoning
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The Jerome Avenue rezoning deal included the formation of a task force on local health issues. The public has been identifying its top concerns, some of which relate to the very development the rezoning is bringing.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Housing Update: One in Ten Public School Students Experienced Homelessness
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Landlords that wanted to raise rents are falling behind. Housing Works employees are unhappy with their working conditions. And tenants put their landlords on trial.
Mapping the Future
Evictions are Down But Reining in NYC’s ‘Worst Evictors’ is Still on Advocates’ Agenda
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The witness spoke through a Spanish interpreter. The defendant was a management company. The crime: a major capital improvement (MCI) at a rent-stabilized building in the Bronx.
Homepage Featured
Should the City’s Housing Plan Make NYCHA its Centerpiece?
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Bill de Blasio’s housing plan, like every modern mayor’s, focuses on private apartments, not public housing. There’s a growing sense that saving NYCHA will require a different orientation—right now.
Affordable Housing
Housing Advocates Plan Another Aggressive Push in Albany
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After a landmark series of wins in 2019, groups advocating for low-income tenants and the homeless are looking to tighten rent-regulations further and create new paths from shelters to homes.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Climate Control is a Year-Round Issue at NYCHA, Especially for Seniors
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The authority is racing to fix boilers ahead of winter’s chill. But the danger of extreme summer heat is still on the minds of NYCHA senior-center workers and members.
Community Donates Funds to Cover Funeral for Victim in Chinatown Attack
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Community members in Chinatown donated to cover the cost of the victim’s funeral, and are calling for greater attention to homelessness and affordable housing.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Thirteen-Month Struggle for Bronx Tenants to Get Their Stoves Back On
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‘You can’t cook on a hotplate,’ says a 26-year resident of the building. So she spends on take-out food. ‘It eats up an exorbitant amount of money that I don’t have.’ During the holidays last year, ‘We were unable to invite families to our homes because we had no gas.’
GOVERNMENT
City Council Eyes Ambitious Set of Housing Bills Before Year’s End
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This year, the City Council’s focus will be on a range of bills aimed at eradicating lead poisoning and addressing the needs of the city’s homeless population, among other housing and land-use concerns.
Report: City’s Housing Plan Goes Deep, But Not Deep Enough
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Housing units for extremely low- income households are not being preserved or created in line with the level of need in the city, the report from ANHD found.