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“Cold weather does not disprove climate change. It reveals its sharpest edge: that as the climate grows more extreme, survival itself becomes unequal, and those without shelter are the first…

ByBryan Ramirez 0Comments

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Feb 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Land Use and Development Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 9-16

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Feb 2026

Climate and Environment Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYC’s Deadly Cold Spell Continues, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Seventeen New Yorkers have died outdoors in recent weeks amid freezing temperatures, which are expected to dip again this weekend. Local homeless advocates urged the city Friday to flood the…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Jan 2026

Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Resources

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

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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Dec 2025

2025 Elections Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: How New York’s Next Mayor Can Tackle Homelessness on Day 1

“Homelessness in New York won’t be solved by denial or tough love. We’ve tried those approaches, and they’ve all failed. The Mamdani administration has a choice: repeat the failures of…

ByKristin Miller 0Comments

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Oct 2025

2025 Elections Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Next Mayor’s Real Test? Ending New York’s Homelessness Crisis

“The next mayor will undoubtedly hear plenty from the business community about their priorities. But New York’s homeless population deserves a voice in City Hall that’s just as loud and…

ByPerry Perlmutter 2Comments

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Aug 2025

Climate and Environment Featured Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Profiles

Homeless in a Heatwave: Summer Poses Extra Challenges for Unhoused New Yorkers

“Heat-related incidents have definitely been on the rise,” said Josiah Haken, CEO of the homeless outreach group City Relief. “The people we serve are often the ones who feel the…

ByMariana De Jesús-Szendrey 3Comments

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Jan 2025

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

What Does ‘Code Blue’ Mean for Homeless New Yorkers?

With frigid weather in the forecast this week, City Limits spoke to Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Molly Wasow Park about what Code Blue entails, and what it means for…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Nov 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Initial Data on Forced Removals of People Deemed Mentally Ill Spurs Demand for Details

“Every time you try to look at a piece of what’s being said here, it opens up a Pandora’s box of questions,” said Beth Haroules, director of disability justice litigation…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Transportation

In Wake of Subway Killing, City Officials Grilled On Touchpoints With Unhoused New Yorkers

At a Council hearing, officials said the city has recorded 318,000 “engagements” since February 2022 between street homeless residents and police or outreach workers, including instances where the same individual…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

Opinion: Lessons From New York’s Deadly Winter