Citywide
NYC Housing Calendar, June 17-24
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Government
PODCAST: ¿Qué se sabe sobre las propuestas en inmigración para un segundo mandato de Trump?
Daniel Parra |
Para estas elecciones, la Unión Americana de Libertades Civiles (American Civil Liberties Union o ACLU por su siglas en inglés) ha empezado a analizar los planes para un segundo mandato de Trump y Biden centrándose en varios temas específicos. El primer reporte es sobre los planes de Trump en inmigración.
Brooklyn
‘We Don’t Move like We Used To’: NYCHA Seniors React to Planned Unarmed Security Cut
Tatyana Turner |
With two weeks left until NYCHA plans to eliminate its security program at senior buildings, tenants weigh in on their safety needs.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Investing in Future New Yorkers With ‘Baby Bonds’
Ben Guttmann |
“With investments starting at just $1,000 per newborn, the next generation of New Yorkers will be better prepared to thrive.”
Government
City’s Yearly Street Homeless Estimate Climbs to 2nd Highest Number on Record
Jeanmarie Evelly |
“There were a lot of systems that weren’t working perfectly before COVID, and then during COVID really broke down and haven’t necessarily come back all the way,” Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park told City Limits in an interview Thursday.
Government
City Limits Earns Silurians Press Club Honors
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits received Merit Awards in environmental journalism and feature photography, and also collaborated on one of the projects that earned the top investigative reporting prize.
Housing and Homelessness
NYC Council Asks: Who Should Pay the Broker Fee?
Emma Whitford |
Hundreds of tenants and brokers descended on City Hall Wednesday to debate legislation that would stop landlords from passing broker fees on to tenants.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Bonnie Brower and the Art of Unfiltered Advocacy
Harry DeRienzo |
Harry DeRienzo, president emeritus and special advisor at the Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, reflects on the legacy of New York City housing organizer and advocate Bonnie Brower, who passed away on June 2.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Borough Jails Must Move Forward, With Guidance From Impacted People
Ashley Abadia-Santiago Conrad |
“When the state takes away a person’s liberty, it bears a serious obligation to provide them proper care, and the built environment is a big part of that. Cutting our jail population significantly and overhauling the material conditions that people live in will be a massive victory.”
Citywide
NYC Housing Calendar, June 11-17
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
