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Amid frigid temperatures, New Yorkers lodged 26,000 311 complaints about lack of heat or hot water over the last week, the most in a seven-day period since 2018. City Limits’…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Oct 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Resources

‘No Heat’ Complaints in NYC Apartments Hit New Highs Last Year. Here’s How to Get Help

During the most recent fiscal year, more New Yorkers reported not having heat in their apartments than any time on record. Here’s how to get help if your landlord won’t…

ByPatrick Spauster 8Comments

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Jun 2023

Housing and Homelessness

City Limits’ Reporting Honored by Silurians Press Club

City Limits received Merit Awards in two categories, investigative and environmental journalism, for reporting that revealed substandard conditions and other problems in the city’s supportive housing network, and another story…

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

There Were Fewer Heat Outages at NYCHA This Winter, Authority Says

NYCHA reported a decrease in heat outages and shorter restoration times during the 2022-2023 winter heating season, which concluded Friday, citing millions of dollars invested in upgraded boiler systems…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness

Data Drop: Where the NYC Heat Complaints Are (So Far)

City Limits looked at complaints received between Oct. 1 and Nov. 21 broken down by community district and found the pattern is similar to previous “heat seasons,” with the greatest…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Housing Chair Proposes Steeper Fees for Building Owners With Repeat Heat Outages

Bronx Councilmember Pierina Sanchez introduced a bill Thursday that would more than double reinspection fees for landlords who accrue multiple hazard violations within a 12-month period.

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

For NYC Tenants with Inadequate Heat, Enforcement Can Be Elusive

City Limits examined 311 data related to heat and hot water complaints over the past three years, and found the highest number were in areas populated by communities of color…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Sep 2021

Housing and Homelessness

Formerly Homeless Families in Harlem Still Without Gas or Hot Water, as Cold Weather Returns

Con Edison cut the gas to the West 145th Street building—a former cluster site shelter housing dozens of formerly homeless families—on May 14, after inspectors found dangerous corrosion on the…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

LISTEN: ‘No Heat’ During NYC’s Cold Spell?

‘No Heat’ Complaints in NYC Apartments Hit New Highs Last Year. Here’s How to Get Help

City Limits’ Reporting Honored by Silurians Press Club

There Were Fewer Heat Outages at NYCHA This Winter, Authority Says

Data Drop: Where the NYC Heat Complaints Are (So Far)

Council Housing Chair Proposes Steeper Fees for Building Owners With Repeat Heat Outages

For NYC Tenants with Inadequate Heat, Enforcement Can Be Elusive

Formerly Homeless Families in Harlem Still Without Gas or Hot Water, as Cold Weather Returns

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