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The bills were part of a larger legislative package related to rules around lead paint, and advocates are hoping to see the City Council bring related bills to a vote…

ByJulia Goldberg 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Where NYC’s Council Candidates Stand on Key Housing Issues

As the city faces dual affordable housing and homelessness crises, City Limits asked the candidates’ running in Tuesday’s primary for their stance on a number of key related issues. Are…

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Podcasts Politics Profiles

Meet Your New NYC Council: Bronx Students Interview Their Reps

To learn more about these new officials and their plans for their time in office, City Limits partnered with students from the Department of Journalism & Media Studies at CUNY’s…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Nov 2021

Government

On Staten Island, It’s Red vs. Blue in Tight City Council Race

“Albanese might have the support of the law enforcement union, but I think more law enforcement officers would rather lick the floor of the Ferry Terminal than vote for him,”…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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May 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Homeless Shelters Workers Need Better Job Standards to Survive

‘The bills that make up the SOS Act, introduced by Council Members Francisco Moya and Diana Ayala, would raise the standards for workers like me to ensure that privately-run shelters…

ByLeonard Bell 6Comments

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Aug 2020

Housing and Homelessness News

Which Neighborhoods Could Be Hit Hardest By City Lien Sales?

State and local lawmakers have called on the mayor to halt a planned September sale of property tax and water fee debt to collectors.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jul 2020

Uncategorized

Senior Services Start to Feel the Pain of City’s Budget Cut

The 2021 left out $15 million in previously promised money, and advocates are just now getting a look at what the reduced funds will mean.

ByRoshan Abraham 3Comments

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Feb 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Levin: City’s Approach to Homelessness Still Lacks Clarity

‘Some of it has to do with doubling down on existing policies but a lot of it has to do with things that we’ve been advocating for for years that…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2019

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Council Bill on Commercial Leases in Limbo as Evidence of Vacancy Problem Grows

Speaker Johnson’s office says the Council is working to tweak the decades-old Small Business Jobs Survival Act. But advocates are frustrated and fear ‘a completely different watered down version’ of…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Sep 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Council Could Try to Force City to Boost Value of Homeless Vouchers

CityFHEPS, the city’s voucher system has moved many homeless people into housing. But more linger in shelters because the voucher won’t pay enough to cover the rent.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 3Comments

City Council Passes Bills to Tighten Lead Paint Laws; Advocates Push for More Action