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  • NYCHA Blames Dreary Financial Outlook on $454 Million in Unpaid Pandemic Rent

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    Jeanmarie Evelly and David Brand
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    "Undermining the ability of individual homeowners to rent property based on their needs is an imbalanced infringement upon owners' rights, discourages home ownership, and represents a slippery slope towards government overreach. Prohibiting short term rentals would severely impact homeowners' ability to meet financial obligations and continue to live in the city."

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    "As Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to deliver the speech that could define her first full term, she has an opportunity to set a path of real progress on housing. But she will have to break the patterns of past leadership—and her own first year in office."

    Jumaane Williams
  • Opinion: New York’s Housing Plans Must Address Affordability—& Climate Change

    “New York State has the lowest per capita emissions in the country. Compared to the rest of the United States, New York City has by far the best transit, and it is the only city where living car-free is the standard. Other cities should pursue more climate-friendly urban design, but New York City should lead by welcoming more people.”

    Seth Baum
  • Opinion: Housing for Our Formerly Incarcerated Neighbors Serves Us All

    "Study after study has shown that stable housing is the linchpin for successful reentry and for creating strong social bonds. These outcomes, in turn, lead to a substantially reduced likelihood of facing a new criminal charge, which—contrary to the scare tactics of this bill’s opponents—will make our city at large safer, too. "

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    "We learned decades ago that institutionalizing people, or locking them away in state mental hospitals, was not the solution. This practice demonized people with mental health challenges, disappearing them, and led to facilities that were dirty, dangerous, and inhumane."

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Public Housing

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