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Dec 2024

Resurrected Tax Break for Renovations Will Help Landlords Comply With Building Emissions Law, Officials Say

A new version of the heavily criticized expired J-51 property tax incentive is back. Advocates argue it will encourage landlords to renovate apartments and will help them afford the upgrades…

ByMariana Simões 4Comments

05

Dec 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development Politics

What the Council’s Revamped ‘City of Yes for Housing’ Deal Includes

The Council voted to adopt a modified version of the City of Yes plan—one which scales back some of the zoning reforms included in the original, adds affordability incentives, and…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 14Comments

22

Nov 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

City to Launch ‘Centralized Mail Center’ for Migrants in Shelter After Complaints of Missing Correspondence

The announcement follows months of complaints by immigrants and asylum seekers about missing mail in city shelters, complicating their immigration cases and other efforts to establish their lives here, as…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Nov 2024

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA

NYC Housing Calendar, Nov. 18-25

This week, City Council committees will vote on the mayor’s ‘City of Yes’ for housing plan, and hold hearings on deed theft, basement apartments and more.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

01

Nov 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Why Isn’t It ‘Free to Pee’ in New York City?

“The lack of public bathrooms is one of the daunting challenges and cruel indignities that unsheltered New Yorkers consistently face as they draw on meager resources to survive life on…

ByAlison Wilkey

ByWill Woods

ByNathylin Flowers Adesegun 0Comments

24

Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Bill Would Make It Easier for New Yorkers Leaving Jail to Qualify for Supportive Housing

Manhattan City Councilmember Carlina Rivera introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand eligibility criteria for city-funded supportive housing to include people with justice system involvement in the last year—a change long…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

21

Oct 2024

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA

NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 21-28

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

10

Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

City Dragging Its Feet to Implement Vacant Apartment Reporting Bill, Lawmakers Say

The legislation, passed last year, requires the city to establish a new 311 option for tenants to report and request inspection of empty units creating hazards in their buildings. It…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

08

Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

City Council to Probe Mayor’s City of Yes for Housing Plan

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams slated two days of public meetings, for Oct. 21 and 22, where lawmakers will probe the Adams administration’s zoning reform package. She also announced the Council’s…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

01

Oct 2024

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Council Files Appeal Over Adams Admin’s Refusal to Expand Rental Vouchers

The appeal announcement included the launch of a website tracking the number of days since the Council says its laws should have been implemented—447, as of Tuesday—and the number of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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