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Adi Talwar

A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis

City Limits’ series on family homelessness in New York City is supported by Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York and The Family Homelessness Coalition. City Limits is responsible for all editorial decisions.

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Councilmembers questions DSS-HRA officials at a hearing

City Officials Grilled on Staffing Needs Amid Public Benefit Processing ‘Crisis’

Emma Whitford | September 28, 2023

The interrogation from councilmembers came on the heels of new data showing processing delays the likes of which New Yorkers haven’t seen in at least a decade. 

Bronx

NYC Has Quietly Placed Immigrant Families with Children in Hotels Under 28-Day Stays

Daniel Parra | September 27, 2023

For the last three months, in instances when no other options are available, the city has provided some families with kids seeking asylum with vouchers for “no-cost hotel stays” for 28 days, after which they need to return to the city’s Arrival Center to seek another placement.

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Immigrant Adults Shuffled from Hotels to Tent Shelters, As City Seeks to Free Up Space

Daniel Parra | September 13, 2023

City Limits spoke with several of the immigrants being transferred from the Holiday Inn Manhattan downtown to the new, large congregate shelter on Randall’s Island, a group that included a pregnant woman and asylum seekers on crutches, among others.  

Housing and Homelessness

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

Emma Whitford | September 5, 2023

An experienced, full-time tenant lawyer can effectively take on 48 eviction cases per year, according to a highly-anticipated report released Aug. 31 by a state court working group.

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SCOTUS Will Soon Toss or Take Rent Stabilization Cases. Here’s What to Know.

Emma Whitford | September 5, 2023

The public will likely learn in October if challenges to rent stabilization—from landlords and trade groups including the Community Housing Improvement Program and Rent Stabilization Association—will proceed before the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Orgs That Help Tenants Sue Landlords Fear ‘Tone Deaf’ City Contract Changes

Emma Whitford | August 24, 2023

Nonprofit legal service providers often file group lawsuits that assist tenants fighting landlord harassment across an entire building. But a new solicitation appears to impose limits on this preferred strategy for winning repairs and rent reductions.

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New Report Unpacks NYC’s Onerous Shelter Intake Process

Emma Whitford | August 21, 2023

Landing a secure shelter placement is far more complicated than simply walking through the doors of an intake center, particularly for families, according to a new review by Comptroller Brad Lander.

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apples

New Yorkers See Uneven Improvement in Food Stamp, Cash Assistance Delays

Julia Goldberg and Emma Whitford | August 17, 2023

“If you get cash assistance, you are caught up in really significant delays, in a way that you would not be if you were only receiving SNAP,” said Katie Kelleher of the Legal Aid Society, a lead attorney on a federal lawsuit compelling the city to improve its processing times.

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City Seeks State Approval to Issue 60-Day Shelter Limit to More Asylum Seekers

Emma Whitford | August 16, 2023

The city is seeking permission to issue the time-limit notices to adult asylum seekers who are being housed in Department of Homeless Services facilities, saying that doing so will open up room for families with children, who currently make up the majority of asylum seekers in DHS’ care.

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‘A Clear Violation of the Law’: Shelter Strain Sends City and State Back to Court

Emma Whitford | August 4, 2023

Following a closed-door conference Friday, the Legal Aid Society urged the state to step up its efforts to protect the right to shelter in New York City, where tens of thousands of migrants have arrived since last year. 

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