Citywide
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 19-26
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Brooklyn
National Grid is About to Raise Your Gas Bill to Cover $5 Billion in Infrastructure Projects
Mariana Simões |
The rate increase, National Grid argues, is necessary for maintaining service as safe and reliable for customers. But environmentalists question adding gas hookups and revamping the system when New York is supposed to be phasing out polluting fossil fuels, as mandated by the state’s landmark climate law.
Bronx
Council Approves Rezoning to Spur 7K New Homes Around Future East Bronx Train Stations
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The plan will allow for new residential development around two incoming MetroNorth stations in Morris Park and Parkchester/Van Nest. It includes “critical modifications” to respond to locals concerns about retaining neighborhood character, according to local Councilmember Kristy Marmorato.
Education
1 Million NYC Households Lost Their Internet Subsidies. Plans to Revive the Aid Are in Political Purgatory
Anastasia Tomkin |
The Affordable Connectivity Program, which offered up to $30 a month towards broadband service for low-income and other eligible households, ran out of funds early this summer.
Citywide
Concerns About PACT Private Management Program Take the Spotlight at Annual NYCHA Hearing
Tatyana Turner |
With more than 37,000 units converted to the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program, tenants weighed in on the model that’s brought the housing authority $13.2 billion worth of repairs, so far.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: A Movement, Not a Moment—NYC Council’s Future is Women-Led
Ebonie Simpson |
“A potential backslide in 2025 would not only undermine our progress, but also stall momentum toward achieving long-term gender equity in political leadership at all levels of government.”
Brooklyn
NYCHA Selects Bushwick’s Hylan Houses to Vote on Funding Model This Fall
Tatyana Turner |
A Notice of Vote was sent to residents at Hylan Houses this month, making the complex the fifth public housing development asked to vote on the future of their homes. The 30-day voting period is expected to begin on Nov. 13.
Economy
PÓDCAST: ¿Cuánto se calcula que pagaron en impuestos los inmigrantes indocumentados en 2022?
Daniel Parra |
Un reciente informe del Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, una organización sin fines de lucro que analiza política tributaria en los Estados Unidos, calcula que los inmigrantes indocumentados pagaron $96,700 millones en impuestos federales, estatales y locales en 2022.
Economy
New York’s Reparations Commission Starts Its Work
Anastasia Tomkin |
The commission will have 12 months from the date of its first meeting to issue a report with recommended actions to provide reparations to Black New Yorkers, to address the long-standing effects of the legacy of slavery.
Brooklyn
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 12-19
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
