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At a recent City Council hearing, NYCHA shared that more than 70,000 households still owe rent, due in large part to being put at the back of the line for…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Sep 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Labor

Cash Assistance Recipients Navigate Revived Work Requirements, As City Processing Times Tick Up

Advocates worry that the reinstated rules will inevitably lead to some New Yorkers losing the aid they rely on to make ends meet, especially in the face of a steep…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByAnastasia Tomkin 0Comments

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Jun 2024

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Immigration

City’s Yearly Street Homeless Estimate Climbs to 2nd Highest Number on Record

“There were a lot of systems that weren’t working perfectly before COVID, and then during COVID really broke down and haven’t necessarily come back all the way,” Department of Social…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Jun 2024

Government Health Opinion Politics

Opinion: Pushing for Answers About New York’s COVID Response

"Families like mine deserve more from our state leaders than platitudes and delayed, toothless studies. We deserve truth, transparency and real accountability." Adi Talwar A drive-through COVID testing site on…

ByVivian Zayas 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government News Uncategorized

City Hall Announces Near-Elimination of Benefits Case Backlog As Challenges Persist

While advocates who specialize in public benefits have called for these backlogs to be cut, they say New Yorkers who rely on cash and food support are not yet out…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Scenes From Closing Day at a Bronx Benefits Center

Friday marked the final day of operations at 1365 Jerome Ave. in Mount Eden, where Human Resources Administration staff helped New Yorkers apply for food, Medicaid and cash assistance.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness Justice

These NYC Voucher Holders Are Fighting To Stay Put

A lawsuit on behalf of tenants at risk of eviction highlights a population in the crosshairs of a policy fight between the City Council and Mayor Eric Adams.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth

In City’s Tent Shelter for Immigrants, Illness and Aging Pose Challenges

“It looks like a coughing choir in that tent,” said Luis Zambrano, 62, who came down with pneumonia this winter while staying at the shelter complex on Randall’s Island, where…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Government

NYC Senior Centers See Rebounding Demand

The city’s more than 300 Older Adult Centers saw an average of 24,261 daily participants during the last fiscal year that ended in June, still shy of pre-pandemic numbers but…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness Justice

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

An experienced, full-time tenant lawyer can effectively take on 48 eviction cases per year, according to a highly-anticipated report released Aug. 31 by a state court working group.

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

NYCHA Still Reeling With Rent Debts From COVID-19

Cash Assistance Recipients Navigate Revived Work Requirements, As City Processing Times Tick Up

Opinion: Pushing for Answers About New York’s COVID Response

City Hall Announces Near-Elimination of Benefits Case Backlog As Challenges Persist

These NYC Voucher Holders Are Fighting To Stay Put

In City’s Tent Shelter for Immigrants, Illness and Aging Pose Challenges

NYC Senior Centers See Rebounding Demand

Report Explores How Many Eviction Cases One Lawyer Can Juggle

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