Since July 1, the city has paid CORE nearly $3 million to operate five shelters that provide two-year stays for young people experiencing homelessness. The troubled nonprofit operates 99 beds for teens and young adults in Brooklyn and The Bronx.
Housing and Development
NYC Council Considers Bill to Probe Why Homeless Are Denied Supportive Housing
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During the first 10 months of 2020, nonprofit providers scheduled nearly 3,000 interviews with supportive housing applicants, 560 of whom were outright rejected. The housing shortage allows providers to “cherry-pick” applicants who require the fewest services, a process known as creaming or screening, tenants and advocates say.
Housing and Development
NYC Council Approves de Blasio’s Massive Gowanus Rezoning
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“This is the biggest rezoning this administration has done over our eight years,” the mayor said ahead of Tuesday’s vote on the plan, which will upzone an 82-block swath of the Brooklyn neighborhood to add an estimated 8,500 new apartments.
Government
NYC Homeless Services Head Steve Banks to Leave Post at End of Year
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Banks, the first head of the city’s Department Social Services, said he would be departing at the end of the year to take a job as special counsel at a Manhattan-based white shoe law firm, leaving his role for Mayor-elect Eric Adams to fill in the next administration.
NYC Housing
Opinion: Universal Rental Assistance Could Help End the Homelessness Crisis
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‘Currently only 25 percent of eligible households receive the housing voucher, meaning that nearly everyone in need of aid does not receive it. The impact of fully funding vouchers would be astounding: it would help an estimated 1.1 million households in New York state alone.’
COVID-19
Every NYC Tenant Has Access to Housing Court Lawyer, as Eviction Protections Near End
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All tenants in New York City Housing Court now have a right to legal assistance, with lower-income renters eligible for full representation from nonprofit attorneys through an initiative funded with $166 million in the latest budget.
policing
Officials Probe Police Beating of Man in West Village, Renewing Debate Over NYPD Role in Homeless Response
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The incident came on the heels of another violent encounter between police and New Yorkers who were camping out on a Lower Manhattan sidewalk near Tompkins Square Park Nov. 10.
Una Ciudad sin Límites
El programa de asistencia de emergencia para el alquiler se agota en Nueva York
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La gobernadora Kathy Hochul dijo el 12 de noviembre que el estado había solicitado una reasignación de $996 millones de dólares al Departamento del Tesoro y que los funcionarios cerrarán el domingo el portal de solicitudes del Programa de asistencia de emergencia con el alquiler (ERAP por sus siglas en inglés).
Zoned Out: Examining the Impact of NYC's Rezonings
De Blasio Said East New York’s Rezoning Would Spur Industrial Jobs Boom. That Hasn’t Happened.
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In 2016, the mayor and city officials committed to doubling the manufacturing capacity of the East New York Industrial Business Zone, which they say would help create 3,900 local jobs there. But five years later, neighborhood leaders say the area has stagnated.
Housing and Development
New York’s COVID Rent Relief Fund Is Almost Out of Money
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Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday that the state had applied for a $996 million reallotment from the Treasury Department and that officials will shut down the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) application portal Sunday.
nyc rezonings
Two Sides Clash Over SoHo Rezoning at Final Public Hearing
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Opponents argued to councilmembers that the plan to add about 3,000 new units and change land use rules in a 56-block swath of Lower Manhattan would incentivize demolition to make way for luxury housing, usher in big box retail and forever alter the artistic character of the iconic SoHo and NoHo neighborhoods.