The application, dubbed form 2010E, can take months to complete and requires prospective tenants to provide their medication and hospitalization history and show proof of homelessness, as well as a recent psychiatric evaluation.
Housing and Homelessness
What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 14, 2025
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here. Adi TalwarPoughkeepsie, New York. State lawmakers are weighing a bill that would make it easier for towns and cities outside New York City to adopt rent regulation. Welcome to “What Happened This Week in NYC Housing?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness.
Brooklyn
As Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan Nears Vote, How Much Can Affordability Be Pushed?
Norman Oder |
The plan could deliver 4,600 new apartments and other investments in Central Brooklyn. But passage by City Council may involve negotiations to increase the amount—and affordability—of housing at publicly owned sites.
Government
Why Is It So Hard To Eradicate Mold at NYCHA?
Tatyana Turner |
Despite being under court order to remediate it, mold remains a persistent problem for NYCHA, which points to its aging infrastructure and a climbing number of physical needs across its portfolio, particularly as it pertains to plumbing.
Government
Bill Would Make it Easier for Places Outside NYC to Adopt Rent Stabilization
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The legislation would expand the criteria for town and cities to show they’re experiencing a housing emergency. Under current rules, localities can only opt into rent regulation if they conduct a survey to prove their housing vacancy rate is below 5 percent.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Don’t Let City Charter Changes Silence Your Voice on Land Use
Graham Ciraulo |
“The Uniform Land Use Review Process, or ULURP, is a public and transparent review that injects a degree of democracy into major land use changes by giving communities limited influence over our built environment.” Adi TalwarResidents hold up signs at a 2018 hearing about the Inwood rezoning. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! City planners don’t like communities.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time For a Late Checkout on NYC’s Airbnb Ban
Adam Kovacevich |
“In New York, the hosts most impacted by Local Law 18 aren’t wealthy property magnates. They’re working families who rely on the supplemental income from short-term rentals to make mortgage payments, pay bills, and navigate the rising cost of living.”
Government
Demanda: nuevas normas de la ciudad dificultan acceso a albergues para personas sin hogar
Jeanmarie Evelly |
La demanda se centra en los nuevos criterios para acceder a los refugios “Safe Haven” (seguros), alegando que dificultan el acceso a esas camas a las personas sin hogar que viven en la calle y discriminan a los inmigrantes recién llegados.
Housing and Homelessness
What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 7, 2025
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Economy
Las dos caras de la ciudad: informe revela una marcada desigualdad racial de la riqueza entre neoyorquinos
Daniel Parra |
En Nueva York, acumular riqueza es mucho más difícil para los neoyorquinos latinos y negros, según un reciente informe de la Fundación Robin Hood.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Biofuels Are a ‘Right Now’ Solution to NY’s Decarbonization Problem
Allan Cohn and Chris Fazio |
“To pass on the immediate carbon reduction benefits of biofuels while continuing to spin our wheels in endless debate would be a setback that will only make future efforts to reduce our carbon emissions more challenging.”
