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NYC Housing Calendar, May 5-11

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

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The Mayor Wants You at This Year’s Rent Board Hearings, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Mamdani’s Office of Mass Engagement will be knocking on doors this spring, urging New Yorkers to testify at upcoming Rent Guideline Board hearings. The board will vote in June on…

Featured Government Hear Our Voices Podcast Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

‘Hear Our Voices’ Podcast: Former Council Speaker Quinn on Mamdani’s Rental Voucher Reversal

“The best way for people to move out of shelter is to have a voucher,” said Christine Quinn, head of the family shelter provider WIN. “It also is economically better…

Climate and Environment Government Health Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Lessons From New York’s Deadly Winter

“Cold weather does not disprove climate change. It reveals its sharpest edge: that as the climate grows more extreme, survival itself becomes unequal, and those without shelter are the first…

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Propuesta federal haría prácticamente imposible que solicitantes de asilo trabajen, dicen defensores

Los defensores de inmigrantes afirman que la propuesta es una forma de disuadir a los solicitantes de asilo en el país, al tiempo que priva a quienes actualmente se encuentran…

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor

Federal Proposal Would Make It Nearly Impossible for Immigrants Seeking Asylum to Work Legally, Advocates Say

Advocates say the proposed rule is the federal government’s way of discouraging people from seeking asylum in the country, while also depriving those currently in the process of the option to…

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

City To Close Second Homeless Facility in Midtown East

The Department of Homeless Services will not renew a contract for Mainchance, a homeless drop-in center on 33rd Street, after reports that the facility turned clients away in violation of…

Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: A Better Plan for 1727 Amsterdam Ave.

"On rare public land in one of Manhattan’s most densely populated zip codes, the city selected a smaller, less equitable plan that sidelines a community-driven alternative that produces more housing…

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NYC Families Seeking Shelter Have to Prove They’re Homeless. A New Bill Would Simplify That Process.

As New York City’s shelter population remains high, legislators are taking aim at an intake process that requires homeless families to prove they are indeed homeless to city investigators.

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Shelter Decisions That Ignore School Stability Are Harming NYC’s Children

“For children experiencing homelessness, school is often the most consistent and stabilizing environment available to them. Disrupting that stability, even temporarily, has immediate academic consequences and long-term developmental implications.”

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