The federal government’s failure to maintain the value of rent subsidies is one reason why older New Yorkers increasingly end up in homeless shelters or on friends’ couches.
Major Capital Improvements allow rent-stabilized landlords to exceed authorized rent increases when paying off a new roof, boiler or other large expense. Long-standing tenant complaints about fraud are part of…
In neighborhoods that see the most child-welfare investigations, children hide their problems, families refuse to ask for help and chances to head off serious neglect or abuse are missed. ACS…
For years, child welfare officials have looked to better training and deeper resources to reduce mistakes in abuse and neglect investigations. But given the complexity of many cases, experts say,…
Most of the lawmakers who’ll vote on whether to renew rent-stabilization don’t have a single regulated tenant in their districts. But even among city lawmakers, the impact of the laws…
In the wake of two fatalities in early ’14, the de Blasio administration called for better reporting of abuse and neglect. But there is substantial doubt that child welfare investigations…
Ruben Diaz, Jr. believes new affordable housing must serve people with relatively high incomes—not to attract that crowd, but to keep them from leaving.
