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Fewer New Yorkers Are Getting Food Stamps Amid Federal Overhaul

From January 2025 to February 2026, New York State saw a 6.2 percent drop in SNAP participants, more than 180,000 people—in line with a nationwide decline that anti-hunger advocates say…

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PODCAST: ¿Cómo USCIS se convirtió en una agencia de control migratorio?

Durante décadas, el Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de los Estados Unidos (USCIS por sus siglas en inglés) actuó como el brazo administrativo del sistema de inmigración del Departamento de…

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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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Opinion: Depriving Asylum Seekers of Right to Work Would Do Far-Reaching Harm

“Employment authorization is not just a bureaucratic document—it is a critical pathway that allows people seeking safety to rebuild their lives.”

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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…

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State Bill Would Help More of NYC’s Affordable Housing Go Solar

New York City’s only solar incentive is a property tax abatement that most nonprofit and affordable housing providers can’t use. A proposal in Albany would provide them with direct payments…

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Opinion: Property Tax Hikes Would Break Homeowners of Color Like Me. Let Mamdani Tax The Rich.

“The actual solution to the city’s budget crisis is for Gov. Kathy Hochul to finally make our ever-increasing population of billionaires and millionaires pay what they owe in taxes.”

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NYCHA Must Provide Interpreters for Tenants Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Federal Settlement Says

“We almost feel like we’re doing something wrong by asking,” Jazmin Grubb said of her family’s struggles to obtain American Sign Language accommodations for her aunt, who is deaf and…

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‘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…

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Opinion: Energy Bills Are Too High, But Hochul Wants to Gut NY’s Climate Law

“The Legislature must hold firm and not buckle by letting Hochul off the hook. It’s time to move New York forward, not double down on expensive, polluting oil and gas.”

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