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For weeks, City Limits has been speaking to people sheltered at two of the city’s Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, or HERRCs: one at The ROW Hotel and another…

ByDaniel Parra 5Comments

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Feb 2023

Opinion: Mayor Adams, Stop Stalling on Plan to Close Rikers

“Rikers Island is not a necessary institution. There are plans and legislation underway that will remove our neighbors and fellow New Yorkers off of Rikers and into a smaller system…

ByHope Sanders 0Comments

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Feb 2023

Government Politics

Mayor Adams Promised 20,000 Trees a Year. But Budget Cuts Threaten Progress

A staff of just 302 people tend to a crop of over 865,000 trees across the city. Adams’ preliminary budget aims to slash $46 million from the Parks Department, which…

ByMariana Simões 1Comment

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Jan 2023

Government

Sanitation Department Adds 200 ‘Smart Bins’ in NYC’s Latest Composting Expansion

Organic waste collection has become a growing priority as the city seeks to reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills, though its composting efforts have been rolled…

ByMary Cunningham 6Comments

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Jan 2023

Economy Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Politics

NYC’s Homeless Shelter Population Ballooned in 2022. How Will Leaders Address the Crisis This Year?

Thursday night, the same day Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a preliminary budget focused on “fiscal discipline” and two days after Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out her priorities for the year…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2023

Comunidades de habla hispana Economy Education Government Lo que necesita saber sobre

Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿Cómo familias con hijos indocumentados pueden acceder a cuidado de niños gratuito en NYC?

El programa “Promise NYC”, de $10 millones de dólares, tiene como objetivo atender a 600 niños entre enero y junio de 2023. La ciudad ha contratado a cuatro organizaciones comunitarias…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Dec 2022

Housing and Homelessness News

City Limits’ Most-Read Housing Stories in 2022

It’s been an eventful year in New York City housing. Mayor Eric Adams launched a new plan for housing production and a controversial approach to street homelessness. At the same…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByMariam Hydara

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Dec 2022

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice Transportation

Few Homeless New Yorkers Moving from Subways to Safe Havens, As Enforcement Continues

Adams’ early commitments to open new “low-barrier” shelters comes into sharper focus as he closes out his first year in office, with yet another plan to remove homeless New Yorkers…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Vulnerable New Yorkers Deserve Dignity. Mayor Adams’ Mental Health Proposal Misses That Mark

“We learned decades ago that institutionalizing people, or locking them away in state mental hospitals, was not the solution. This practice demonized people with mental health challenges, disappearing them, and…

ByRaul Ubiles

ByJulia Solomons

ByRosa Jaffe-Gaffner 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

Adams Orders Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill, While Housing Remains Out of Reach

The mayor issued a directive to the NYPD, emergency medical services and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene empowering them to “involuntarily transport” people experiencing acute mental health crises…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

Tensions Over Conditions at Emergency Shelters as NYC Struggles to House Migrants

Opinion: Mayor Adams, Stop Stalling on Plan to Close Rikers

Mayor Adams Promised 20,000 Trees a Year. But Budget Cuts Threaten Progress

Sanitation Department Adds 200 ‘Smart Bins’ in NYC’s Latest Composting Expansion

NYC’s Homeless Shelter Population Ballooned in 2022. How Will Leaders Address the Crisis This Year?

Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿Cómo familias con hijos indocumentados pueden acceder a cuidado de niños gratuito en NYC?

City Limits’ Most-Read Housing Stories in 2022

Few Homeless New Yorkers Moving from Subways to Safe Havens, As Enforcement Continues

Opinion: Vulnerable New Yorkers Deserve Dignity. Mayor Adams’ Mental Health Proposal Misses That Mark

Adams Orders Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill, While Housing Remains Out of Reach

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