Affordable Housing

COVID-19 Hit Hard in Areas With Deep Housing Violations: Report

Housing code violations, rent burdens and mortgage vulnerability were high in some of the areas that saw high coronavirus death rates.

By Sadef Ali Kully

News

Health and Environment

Persisten las preocupaciones sobre COVID-19 en los centros de detención de inmigrantes

'Fue propagación [del virus] a través de la deportación.'
By Daniel Parra
COVID-19

Visibility Was an Issue for City’s Immigrant Relief Fund

New York City's relief program for undocumented immigrants affected by COVID-19 has refused to disclose its community-based partners, citing fears that applicants would overwhelm them.
By Daniel Parra
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

Why You Aren’t Homeless: How Privilege & Fortune Shape the Shelter Census

Sure, choices matter. But race, gender, wealth, health and identity play an outsized role in exposing New Yorkers to the risk of homelessness.
By David Brand
Housing and Development

Officials, Housing Advocates Call for Better Tenant Protections as COVID Crisis Drags On

A pair of bills, recently introduced the State Senate, would extend the state’s current eviction moratorium until a year after the pandemic emergency ends, and provide rental assistance vouchers for homeless families or those facing the loss of housing because of COVID-19.
By Sadef Ali Kully
Budget

Opponents of New Jail Celebrate Budget Postponement

For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.
By Lotus Chou for Sing Tao Daily

Mapping the Future

Residents Harbor Deep Misgivings About Mayor’s Plan to Save NYCHA

A survey shows stiff opposition to plans for developing NYCHA land or converting buildings to private management.
Progress and Delays in Putting Milestone Emissions Law into Action

Fourteen months after the city passed a strict new standard for building emissions and less than four years before the restrictions go into effect, there has been progress and delays in creating a mechanism for landlords to comply.
10 Weeks After COVID Shut it Down, There’s a Push to Restart City’s Land-Use Review Process

The city’s land-use review process, which was shut down in the spring in the face of the pandemic, needs a quick restart, a Council leader says—quicker than the one the de Blasio administration appears to be contemplating.
Council Softens but Doesn’t Stop Hit to Housing Budget

The final fiscal 2021 spending plan staved off cuts to smaller housing programs, but retained a shift of roughly a billion dollars in capital spending on the mayor’s affordability plan.
Advocates: NYC Needs More Money, New Model to Meet Housing Crisis

Resisting budget cuts is just part of the plan, they say. Changing how the housing market works is the deeper goal.

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► Decorative play icon links to post: Union Chief Says Plan for School Reopening is Overdue
Union Chief Says Plan for School Reopening is Overdue

But Michael Mulgrew believes a blended learning model can work.
By Jarrett Murphy
► Decorative play icon links to post: NYPD’s Community Affairs Chief Says Cop Morale is Low
NYPD’s Community Affairs Chief Says Cop Morale is Low

‘People are asking us to address quality of life issues. People are asking us to stop the violence that’s happening out here but the police need the support of the people as well.’
By Jarrett Murphy
► Decorative play icon links to post: A Budget that Either Clobbers or Coddles the NYPD
A Budget that Either Clobbers or Coddles the NYPD

Two things can be said about the fiscal 2021 budget. One is that it made almost no one happy. The other is that it did not meaningfully reduce the operational size of the nation's largest police force.
By Jarrett Murphy

Special Projects

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

To Face Flooding, New York Region Needs Big Bucks and Bold Moves: Report

A board coalition is calling for aggressive moves—from the ballot box to city maps—to defend the region against sea-level rise and coastal storms.
Progress and Delays in Putting Milestone Emissions Law into Action

Fourteen months after the city passed a strict new standard for building emissions and less than four years before the restrictions go into effect, there has been progress and delays in creating a mechanism for landlords to comply.
Opinion: Carbon Pricing and Racial Justice in New York

'Protecting Black and brown communities calls for an overarching approach that addresses everything from economics, health care and education to law enforcement and even the very air we breathe.'

Age Justice

Seniors’ Housing Needs are a Special Challenge

Rents are rising for seniors as they are for everyone else. But a fixed income, vulnerability to harassment and age-related physical impairments raise the housing stakes for elder New Yorkers.
Aging in New York: City Wrestles with Poverty Among Seniors

Amid the debates about how the minimum wage or better schools might reduce poverty are a million New Yorkers who are largely beyond the reach of those policies. And one in five of them are poor.
Opinion: Ageism and Racism are Twin Evils That NYers Must Defeat

'Older adults are at the end of the food chain of a racist world.'

The Ride

Foes of Cuomo’s AirTrain Say it’s the Wrong Priority for COVID-Scarred Nabes

During a press conference last month, the governor announced that he will seek out federal stimulus aid from the Trump administration for the estimated $2 billion project.
WageWorks, MTA Dispute Over Refunds for Unused Pre-Paid Commuter Benefits

The MTA’s website says it does not provide refunds for MetroCards 'while the transit system continues to operate' and is unable to resolve issues with 'pre-tax MetroCards you received through programs like WageWorks.'
Mayor Halts Plan to Open Streets to Social-Distancing Pedestrians, Citing Lack of Resources

Mayor Bill de Blasio's office said the four traffic-closed streets were not utilized by enough residents during the pilot period to justify the resources being used to keep the program going.

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Investigations

consumer fireworks

In State Where NYC’s Illegal Fireworks Can Be Bought, Some Want Tighter Laws

Pennsylvania legalized many fireworks in 2017. Several lawmakers there want to rein the sales in, citing noise, fires and 'chaos.'
By Jarrett Murphy
Budget

Cutting the Police Budget Means Revising the Role Cops Play in Today’s NYC

Not everyone agrees on what defunding would mean, or what it would look like.
By Holly DeMuth
2020 election

In Run for Congress, Díaz Sr.’s Strategy is to Give Out Food and Skip Debates

His campaign relies on Twitter and Facebook posts, pictures and videos capturing him doing old-school politics, like giving away food, toys and—since the coronavirus pandemic hit New York—masks.
By Daniel Parra
Community Boards

How Widespread Was Violence on New York’s Nights of Unrest?

To get a better sense of what was seen around the city last week, City Limits surveyed all the city's 59 community boards to ask what violent unrest—and peaceful protest—they had seen.
By Jeanmarie Evelly, Holly DeMuth, Danielle Cruz, Nicole Javorsky, Sadef Ali Kully, Jarrett Murphy and Daniel Parra
courts

City’s Courts Seen Lacking in Interpreters

There appears to be no accurate record of how many people per month or per year require the services of an interpreter to exercise their right to access to justice.
By Daniel Parra

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Affordable Housing

COVID-19 Hit Hard in Areas With Deep Housing Violations: Report

By Sadef Ali Kully

college

CUNY Dorm Refund—and Answers—Can be Hard to Get

By Nicole Javorsky

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Gowanus Rezoning Must Heed COVID-19 Lessons & Offer Racial Justice

By Monica Underwood, Paula Smith, Sandra Garcia, Tracey Pinkard, Karen Blondel, Sabine Aronowsky, SJ Avery, Lynn Neuman, Ben Margolis and Andrea Parker

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: COVID-19 Exposed Health Disparities that New York Can—and Must—Fix

By Eric Adams

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