Housing and Homelessness
What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? Feb. 21, 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.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The NYPD’s ShotSpotter Scam
Taylor Skorpen |
“Lack of transparency alone should have brought a rejection of the NYPD’s contract renewal with ShotSpotter. By renewing, NYPD agreed to open our pocketbooks once again with little in return, including the right to know the dangers we are truly propelling.”
Government
Tenants at NYCHA’s Riis Houses Will Vote on Whether to Shift to Private Management
Tatyana Turner |
Unlike other developments where NYCHA has held votes in recent years, residents at the Jacob Riis Houses will choose between only two options: the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program and remaining in Section 9, the current federal program it’s funded under.
Government
Demanda federal a Ley Luz Verde de Nueva York se basa en miedo, no en seguridad, argumentan defensores
Daniel Parra |
“Tener una licencia nos ha cambiado”, afirma Luis Jiménez, presidente de la organización de base Alianza Agrícola. “A mí, en lo personal, me ha permitido llevar a mis hijos a la escuela, y a sus citas médicas, sin el temor de que la policía me pare, y me pida la licencia”.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC’s Contracting Crisis is Undermining Justice for All
Juval O. Scott and Babatunde Aremu |
“If the city fails to act this year, it will send an unmistakable message to public defenders and the New Yorkers they serve that their rights to due process, family integrity, safety, and freedom are not valued.”
Government
Council Bill Looks to Simplify City’s Supportive Housing Application
Jeanmarie Evelly |
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.
Health and Environment
La campaña para eliminar mentiras sobre cambio climático en comunidades latinas
Mariana Simões |
“Decimos que es una cuestión de derechos civiles, porque al sembrar la duda y la confusión, las campañas de desinformación acaban minando la capacidad de la comunidad latina para defenderse y participar en el proceso de toma de decisiones”.
Government
Federal Challenge of NY’s Green Light Law is About Fear, Not Safety, Advocates Argue
Daniel Parra |
“Having a license has changed us,” said Luis Jiménez, president of the farmworker-led, grassroots organization Alianza Agrícola. “For me personally, it allowed me to take my children to school, and their medical appointments, without the fear of being stopped by the police and asked for a license.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time That New Yorkers Got The Real Scoop On Their Neighborhoods
Keith Powers |
“We need an all-hands-on-deck mentality to tackling quality of life issues, and the borough president should lead the charge.”
Immigration
PODCAST: ¿En qué consiste la demanda a la administración Trump por la deportación rápida?
Daniel Parra |
El pasado 22 de enero, la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (ACLU por sus siglas en inglés) demandó a la administración Trump por el programa que permite a los funcionarios de inmigración llevar a cabo deportaciones expeditas (Expedited Removal en inglés).
