One topic of profound disagreement between tenant advocates and property owners is preferential rents. Newly released data this week provides some important background on how those rent discounts operate.
community engagement
Who’s Advising the City on its New Jails Plan?
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There’s a Neighborhood Advisory Council in each of the four boroughs where the de Blasio administration plans to build a new jail facility to facilitate the closing of Rikers Island. Here’s what we know about their membership.
Agenda 2019
UrbaNerd: Who Holds New York City’s Debt?
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New York City certainly knows how much it owes to municipal bondholders—about $37 billion—for lending it the money to build bridges, schools and other important stuff. But it doesn’t know who holds all those IOUs.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market
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Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.
Election Watch 2018
New York City Adding Interpreters to Poll Sites Ahead of Midterm Vote
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The languages served will be Russian, Yiddish, Haitian Creole, Polish and Italian. One site will serve Russian and Arabic speakers. There are already Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean and Bangla interpreters at many sites.
ARTS and CULTURE
Effort to Rename Columbus Day is Stalled; Statue Still Awaits Historical Markers
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Cities across the country including Los Angeles, Seattle, Minneapolis, Austin as well as the states of South Dakota and Hawaii have renamed Monday’s holiday to honor Native Americans.
Budget
UrbanNerd: As Fiscal ’19 Begins, a Breakdown of Agency Budgets
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Have you made your New (Fiscal) Year resolutions yet?
UrbaNerd: The History of the City’s Floating Jail
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The journey of the Vernon C. Bain began in 1987 in New Orleans at a time of high crime and few options for the city. Neighbors near its current Mott Haven docking hope it sails into the sunset soon.
East New York
UrbaNerd: East New York Tells its Own Story
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An oral history project captures all the nuance and depth of a neighborhood that briefly moved in and then out of the media spotlight during the run up to its 2016 rezoning.
arrests
UrbaNerd: As NYPD Arrests Fewer, Other Police Agencies Bust More in NYC
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What’s the practical impact of all these troopers—and, for that matter, the other police forces that patrol the bridges, tunnels, airports and train lines—on the city’s criminal justice system?
In Depth
UrbaNerd: What You Don’t Know About Your Neighborhood Will Surprise You
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A new online tool from the Department of City Planning lets you dig deep into the demographics of your borough and your block.