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Outgoing Social Services Commissioner Wants City To Stay ‘Proactive’

“So many of these issues are interrelated, but so often treated as existing in silos,” says Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park, who departs this week after three…

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At Queens Job Training Program, Immigrant Workers Learn to Navigate Life in NYC

“For people who migrate—who feel lost—all of this is new,” said Luis Florez, a 37-year-old from Colombia who took part in the program in 2024, where he learned what a…

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Could This South Bronx Tenement Become One of NYC’s First Hemp-Retrofitted Apartment Buildings?

Students from the Pratt Institute are teaming up with local community group Mothers on the Move to explore how hemp—a building material rarely used in housing—could help retrofit New York’s…

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Meet New York State’s New Top Tenant Advocate

“What was so powerful about the rent freeze campaign is that we reached scale in New York City,” said Sumathy Kumar, the new director for Housing Justice for All and…

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‘La necesidad es enorme’: Nuevo líder de Catholic Charities habla sobre hambre y vivienda en Nueva York

J. Antonio Fernández es el primer miembro no clerical en dirigir Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, una red centenaria de agencias de servicios sociales y proveedor de…

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‘The Need is Huge’: Catholic Charities’ New Leader on Hunger and Housing in NYC

J. Antonio Fernández is the first non-clergy member to lead Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York, a century-old network of social service agencies and an affordable housing provider.…

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What New Yorkers Told Us They Want Mayor Mamdani To Do

Clean sidewalks. More afterschool programs. A much-anticipated rent freeze. For months, City Limits has been talking with New Yorkers about what they want the new mayor to prioritize. Here’s what…

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Cameras or Community: What Keeps Harlem Safe?

New York’s Big Apple Connect program offers free Wi-Fi in public housing—and new pathways for police access to NYCHA cameras. In Harlem, youth advocates say real safety for young people…

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Remembering the Unhoused New Yorkers Who Lost Their Lives in 2025

An annual vigil honors the New Yorkers who died living on the streets and in the city’s shelters. “Every life lost to homelessness was preventable,” the event’s organizers said. “People…

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These East Harlem Tenants Staged a Rent Strike—And Won

Tenants in five East Harlem buildings won half a million dollars in back rent and repairs, in a settlement with their landlord over poor housing conditions. They now hope other…

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