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With delayed timelines and ongoing construction, Red Hook residents are still living in limbo as they wait for a $568 million resiliency project to come to life, more than a…

ByMariana Simões

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA

NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 28-Nov. 4

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Strengthen the Housing Credit to Fight New York’s Affordability Crisis

“With rents on the rise and housing in short supply, this is one of the nation’s most effective weapons in the fight against a crisis that remains stubbornly severe.”

ByRachel Fee 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

Efforts to Block Gas Bans Across the Nation Are Growing. Will it Work in New York?

After a lawsuit in California toppled the city of Berkeley’s efforts to replace gas stoves with clean electric energy in new buildings, fossil fuel industry groups are testing the same…

ByMariana Simões 5Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth NYCHA

Questions Arise About Voting Process in NYCHA Demo Plan, as Public Housing’s Repair Bill Climbs to $78 Billion

A fight over whether to demolish and rebuild apartments at the Chelsea-Elliott and Fulton Houses in lower Manhattan echoes a larger debate over how NYCHA should raise funds for its…

ByTatyana Turner 1Comment

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development

Hudson Yards Calls Itself a Model Neighborhood for Energy Efficiency. City Data Paints a Different Picture

Hudson Yards promised to be one of the most efficient sustainable neighborhoods in the U.S. But public energy consumption data tracked by the city shows many green-certified properties in the…

ByMariana Simões 3Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: Building Again at NYCHA

It is time for New York to meet its public housing needs. It has the land. The technical ability to restore and replace NYCHA’s housing stock to meet tenant needs…

ByCharles Lauster 2Comments

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Feb 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: NIMBYs Are Wrong—New Housing is Good for NY’s Climate Goals

“Invoking environmental concerns to block construction is a classic page in the NIMBY playbook, but when suburbanites push back against dense, transit-oriented housing, they are not just hurting the people who…

ByBen Hitchcock 1Comment

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Feb 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

‘More Than Just an Accident’: The 7-Year Fight to Pass Carlos’ Law

In April 2015, Diana Florence was a longtime prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office thinking about retirement. But a phone call—about the death of an immigrant laborer at a…

ByAmanda Harrington 2Comments

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Jan 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Breaking Down Unnecessary Barriers to Electrification in New York

“The Building Code Council can and should take action now. They have the legal tools to change the code to include electrification in new constructions as a mechanism to achieve…

ByMichael Hernandez 0Comments

12 Years After Hurricane Sandy, NYCHA’s Red Hook Residents Still Living in a Construction Zone