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New York City agencies tasked with cracking down on source of income (SOI) discrimination against renters are being forced to do more with less after hiring freezes, resignations and budget…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Too Soon to Grade Subway Policing Plan, Council’s Homeless Services Chair Says

“Using police to remove the homeless off the subways, we have to be very careful about that,” Councilmember Diana Ayala said in an interview on WBAI’s City Watch. “Most of…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Health Housing and Homelessness

For Lower-Income New Yorkers, COVID Rents Never Really Went Down

For many low-income tenants in unregulated apartments, rents remained relatively flat or even increased during the pandemic because available housing was still hard to find.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Mar 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: 421-a Has Benefited Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers. That’s Why We Should Pass Hochul’s Replacement.

“The governor’s bill maintains many of the core aspects of 421-a that have been vital to our city’s economic success and is a positive first step.”

ByBrett Gottlieb 2Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

2021 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Homeless New Yorkers

Last year, 640 unhoused people died in shelters, hospitals or the streets, 4 percent higher than in 2020, when COVID-19 first struck New York City. The rise in fatalities was…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

There are some 16,000 scattered-site supportive housing units across the city, rented and overseen by nonprofits contracted to provide services to tenants. But outdated contracts that trail actual market rents…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bill to Create New Housing Voucher For Homeless New Yorkers Gains Traction in Albany

A proposal for the new rent subsidy, dubbed the Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP), may emerge as a bargaining chip amid high-profile legislative battles in Albany. “There is no substitute…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

New York City’s new housing commissioner is returning to public office after a years-long stint working with a quick-to-evict Bronx developer recently subject to a state investigation, raising concerns among…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Demanding Greater Accountability in Wake of Fatal Bronx Fire

‘The incident has sparked a national conversation about housing injustice and raised a critical question that we must all ask ourselves: Why must it take a high death toll to…

BySiya Hegde 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: A Slow But Accelerating Crisis—Preserving Affordable Housing for Up to 1.4 Million NYers

The same combination of streamlined pension fund investments and public subsidies that worked so successfully in the 1980s and early 1990s, needs to be reinvigorated to preserve the city’s enormous…

ByMichael D. Lappin 1Comment

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