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Just six units remain occupied at the Arlington Village complex. Now, those who remain worry about what the owners’ plan to develop the site will mean for them. “What exists…

ByDavid Brand

ByGeorge Joseph, THE CITY 6Comments

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics Resources

Want to Rezone in Western Queens? Here’s How to Win Over the Councilmember

Councilmember Julie Won issued a list of “land use principles” she said she will apply to new projects in her district that require Council-approved changes to the city’s zoning code—including…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Aug 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Justice

Bronx Rental Complex Must Accept Housing Vouchers, Judge Rules

The decision Friday marks the first time a New York court has ruled that minimum-income policies for people with full-rent subsidies violate city and state laws, said Housing Works senior…

ByDavid Brand 81Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NY’s Mitchell-Lama Housing Should Be Preserved, Not Dismantled

“Dissolving our building’s Mitchell-Lama status would be a small but significant injustice in an already deeply unequal city. Shareholders who have long benefitted from the program would be autonomously divesting…

ByJerald Isseks 16Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Politics

Flashback Friday: NYC’s ‘Rebel’ Squatters, 1990

“My whole crew is squatting,” Ronaldo Casanova told City Limits in April of 1990, when he was organizing fellow squatters on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. “We have no…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Housing and Homelessness News

New York City Housing Calendar, July 27 to August 3

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Supportive Housing is NYC’s Best Tool for Addressing Homelessness

“Shelters are not a stand-alone solution and just because we remove homeless people from our subways and streets doesn’t mean they have found a home.”

ByJim Dill 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

So far this year, city marshals have executed at least 1,527 residential evictions, according to statistics maintained by the Department of Investigation (DOI). The true number of legal evictions is…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Struggles to Make Shelter Space for Rising Homeless Population

Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday doubled down on his claim that thousands of asylum-seekers have strained New York City’s homeless shelter system, causing his administration to break state law by…

ByDavid Brand

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

New York’s New NYCHA Laws Aim to Hold Agency Accountable

The measures, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, will force NYCHA to create a searchable online database of work tickets and task city agencies with making public housing code violations…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

East New York Families in Limbo as Developer Plans High Rise to Replace Crumbling Housing Complex

Want to Rezone in Western Queens? Here’s How to Win Over the Councilmember

Opinion: NY’s Mitchell-Lama Housing Should Be Preserved, Not Dismantled

Flashback Friday: NYC’s ‘Rebel’ Squatters, 1990

New York City Housing Calendar, July 27 to August 3

Opinion: Supportive Housing is NYC’s Best Tool for Addressing Homelessness

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

NYC Struggles to Make Shelter Space for Rising Homeless Population

New York’s New NYCHA Laws Aim to Hold Agency Accountable

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