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Ambitions to kill it are dashed. Hopes to reform it are faint. The smart money is now on legislators renewing 421-a as is for a very short spell. Here’s a…

ByJillian Jonas 0Comments

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May 2015

Tenants’ Voice Lacks Power as NYCHA Faces Crucial Chapter

The Housing Authority’s Tenant Associations are supposed to rally residents to fight for their interests. But while some leaders (like Jonathan Gardenhire, above, the vice president of Smith Houses’ TA)…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 4Comments

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Apr 2015

In Depth

City Hunts for Hiring Discrimination on Shoestring Budget

The city’s Human Rights Commission has just been authorized to conduct undercover tests for employment discrimination. But the commission’s headcount is a fraction of what it once was. Learn what…

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Budget Deal Done, Rent Battles Loom

For months now discussion of the details of rent-regulation renewal has been set aside until “after the budget.” Word that the framework of a budget deal is in place in…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Tenants: De Blasio Needs Bigger NYCHA Role

When NYCHA’s chair met with residents there were questions about failing radiators, missing kitchen sinks … and whether, a year into his administration, Mayor de Blasio is accountable for NYCHA’s…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness Video

Fear of City’s ‘Good Plan’ for Housing

The lower-income, working-class people along the Jerome Avenue corridor are among the New Yorkers most in need of affordable housing. So why is there so much skepticism about the mayor’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Economy

As Some Fret Over NYC’s Welfare Rolls, Others Aim to Attack Its Poverty

A rise in welfare rolls by 13,000 generates heated headlines. Meanwhile, the reality of 1.6 million New Yorkers in poverty triggers a new policy prescription.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2015

In Depth

UrbaNERD: It’s 10 O’Clock. Do You Know Where the Nearest Rat is?

When you call 311 in New York City, your complaint is logged into the NYC open data system, which has now been translated into a plethora of helpful and/or terrifying…

ByJasmine Pierce 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Policies Chip Away at Homeless Count

After homelessness soared during Bill de Blasio’s first year in office, the city last month saw its biggest drop in the family shelter population in nearly four years. But there’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Mar 2015

Video

‘Straight Up’ Talk About Covering the Mayor

The latest edition of the Brooklyn Independent Media reporters’ roundtable show features two veteran journalists who spent the past year getting used to Mayor de Blasio.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Reform, Interrupted: Study Up for Round 2 of Debate Over 421-a

Tenants’ Voice Lacks Power as NYCHA Faces Crucial Chapter

City Hunts for Hiring Discrimination on Shoestring Budget

Budget Deal Done, Rent Battles Loom

Tenants: De Blasio Needs Bigger NYCHA Role

Fear of City’s ‘Good Plan’ for Housing

As Some Fret Over NYC’s Welfare Rolls, Others Aim to Attack Its Poverty

UrbaNERD: It’s 10 O’Clock. Do You Know Where the Nearest Rat is?

De Blasio Policies Chip Away at Homeless Count

‘Straight Up’ Talk About Covering the Mayor

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