The councilmember-led rezoning passed through the land use process without much controversy. Is it a sign of changing attitudes on housing development?
The city’s latest budget includes funds to grow the number of apartments in the Justice-Involved Supportive Housing program (JISH) from 120 to 500. That expansion was among the commitments the…
“A person who is unhoused before incarceration is no less vulnerable after release. But our current policy treats time in jail as if it erases their homelessness. It doesn’t—it makes…
A district court judge ordered that immigrants held for processing receive access to phone calls, more space and bedding mats, among other things. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees…
Housing vouchers, which typically cover a portion of a participant’s’rent, are a key tool to fighting homelessness in an increasingly unaffordable city. But they can be hard to use. Host…
“Instead of a society organized around enabling corporate profits and giving the market an outsized power over our lives, a government grounded in the theory of radical municipalism addresses the…
Richmond Barthé’s 80-foot “Exodus and Dance” frieze has been displayed at the NYCHA campus for 84 years, where it’s affectionately referred to as “The Wall.”
“The New York region’s most critical challenges, from economic inequality to the housing affordability crisis, all converge in the subterranean chaos of Penn Station.”
