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A look at how New York’s failed efforts to host the world’s biggest sporting event succeeded in reshaping huge swaths of the city, from Hunters Point to Citi Field. …

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Aug 2021

Climate and Environment

Lack of Affordable Housing Fuels Health Disparities in Central Brooklyn, Student-Led Report Says

“Part of it is a little sad. I’m looking at all these statistics—the rates of rent-burdened residents, the poor housing conditions. When you see it in print, it makes it…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Aug 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Agrees to Fast-Track Rental Voucher Increase for Homeless New Yorkers

The City Council passed legislation in May to raise the CityFHEPS rate to Section 8 levels, but the measure would not take effect for at least six months unless the…

ByDavid Brand 24Comments

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Jul 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Manhattan Community Board Votes to Reject SoHo-NoHo Rezoning

The board’s resolution rejects the rezoning proposal for the wealthy neighborhoods outright, rather than submit suggestions for improvement, arguing the plan would fail to achieve the city’s affordable housing goals.

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness News

More New Yorkers are ‘Aging in Place’—But Growing Older at Home Isn’t Easy

City residents looking for alternatives to nursing home care, particularly those with limited incomes, confront an array of hurdles: lack of affordable housing, a shortage of safe and accessible…

ByGail Robinson 8Comments

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for Homeless Families

The 14 building-deal marks the third time the city has purchased cluster site properties to convert into permanent homes. It also illustrates the complicated reliance on bad landlords to provide…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Jul 2021

Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Bronx Residents—And a Developer—Weigh in on What Future Metro-North Stations Might Bring

The MTA will add four new Metro North stations to the East Bronx as part of its Penn Station Access Initiative. The Department of City Planning is researching the best…

ByGriffin Kelly 10Comments

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Jun 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal

‘What low-income renters and homeless New Yorkers really need is Section 8 for all: housing assistance offered as an entitlement for everyone who qualifies.’

ByJacquelyn Simone 10Comments

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Jun 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

Thousands Being Sent Back to Homeless Shelters in Return to Pre-Pandemic Status Quo

The city is moving hundreds of homeless adults from hotel rooms—rented in the early days of the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus—back into congregate shelters, where residents…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jun 2021

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Brooklyn Community Board 6 Backs Gowanus Rezoning—If City Funds NYCHA Fixes

The board says its support for the project, which would upzone a large swath of Gowanus, hinges on the city funding nearly $300 million in repairs at the nearby Gowanus…

ByDavid Brand 3Comments

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