Coronavirus
Online Learning Means New Barriers for NYC’s Homeless Students
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Online learning is a challenge for many students and their families. For the thousands of kids living in homeless shelters, the obstacles are even higher.
Coronavirus
Several Proposals Circulate for Giving Relief to Tenants Crushed by COVID-19
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Among the ideas: allowing tenants to tap into security deposits, creating a $10 billion relief fund, and cancelling three months’ worth of rent and mortgage payments.
Economy
New Focus on Homeowner Assistance Program as COVID Squeezes Incomes
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Supporters say it looks like a key homeowner-assistance program could be left out of this year’s state spending plan.
Coronavirus
Freeze Sought on Rent, Mortgage and Utility Payments as COVID Impact Grows
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Housing advocates have called on the city and state to develop a $10 billion relief package that includes a moratorium on rent, mortgage and utility payments
Age Justice
Many NYC Seniors Still Face the Threat of Evictions
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The city uses a patchwork of social services and subsidies to keep elders aging in place, but they can be difficult to qualify for and their funds are limited.
Economic Development
A Second Ruling Against City’s Approval of Two Bridges Skyscrapers
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A judge ruled that the neighborhood organizations that brought the suit were right in arguing that the city had failed to abide by zoning rules governing ‘large-scale residential districts’ like Two Bridges.
Economy
Council Eyeing Moves Beyond Mayor’s Vision to Boost Small Businesses
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Small business advocacy groups say the administration and the City Council are making small steps but there is much more work to be done in protecting and sustaining small businesses across the five boroughs.
Age Justice
Fight Over Korean Shelter in Queens Spotlights Struggles of City’s Asian Americans
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Nanoom House has converted a two-story single family home into a refuge for 20 or so homeless Korean immigrants. Facing an onslaught of pressure from neighbors, the city and their landlord, the shelter is fighting for its existence.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Despite Broad Support, Albany Might Again Balk on Rental Help for the Homeless
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Home Stability Support has the support of tenants’ rights advocates and the landlord lobby, but there’s a major snag: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has resisted it.
Housing and Development
A Guide to Your Rights in Homeless Shelters
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It covers everything from privacy to diet, voting to disabilities, public benefits to income savings; explains supportive housing and vouchers; talks about how to get a fair hearing and how to seek permanent affordable housing.