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Advocates and local volunteers rallied to support immigrant families housed in a giant tent encampment in southeast Brooklyn. In February, they shifted their focus after the shelter shut down. Discretion…

ByChristine Stoddard 0Comments

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Feb 2025

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 24-March 3

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Labor

Homeless Shelter Execs Make Huge Salaries and Hire Family Members, DOI Report Finds

The Department of Homeless Services says it’s cut ties with three nonprofits cited in the report and were seeking corrective measures from at least two others.

ByGwynne Hogan for THE CITY 0Comments

12

Jul 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

Right-to-Shelter Defenders Back Bill to End 30- and 60-Day Deadlines

In a letter sent to City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams Thursday, the NY SANE Coalition—which represents 65 community and legal services organizations—pressed her and fellow lawmakers to pass bill Intro.…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Housing and Homelessness

City Advises Migrants to Sleep in Chairs at Overnight ‘Drop-In Centers’

The mayor’s office said sleeping on the floor could be a fire hazard. But the rules appear to be sowing confusion, at least at one overnight site in Brooklyn, where…

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Land Use and Development

Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules

As of March 31, City Hall has issued approximately 1,500 notices “to make alternate arrangement” to immigrants with 30-day shelter stays and to another 1,300 with 60-day notices, which are…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Legal Aid Sues Mayor Adams Over Inaction on Rental Voucher Reforms

The proposed class action suit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of four New Yorkers who say they should be eligible for CityFHEPS, but are closed…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

State Bill Looks to Repeal NYC’s 30- and 60-Day Shelter Limits

The legislation, introduced in Albany by Assemblywoman Catalina Cruz and State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, would prohibit policies that restrict the length of homeless shelter stays—aimed at halting the Adams administration’s…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘I Feel Defeated’: Shelter Deadlines for Immigrant Families Expire, as System Frays

While the Adams administration has been issuing shelter deadlines to adult immigrants for months, and to some families with kids in hotels as part of a separate initiative, Tuesday’s evictions…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

State Grants Reduced Shelter Standards For Adults ‘When Necessary’

Clean mattresses, sheets and pillows. Towels, soap and toilet paper. These are among the shelter requirements New York State has agreed to waive in instances where no alternative is available—specifically…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

Volunteers Find New Ways to Support Migrant Families After Tent Shelter Shutters

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 24-March 3

Homeless Shelter Execs Make Huge Salaries and Hire Family Members, DOI Report Finds

Right-to-Shelter Defenders Back Bill to End 30- and 60-Day Deadlines

City Advises Migrants to Sleep in Chairs at Overnight ‘Drop-In Centers’

Immigrants, Advocates Await City’s Rollout of New Re-Sheltering Rules

Legal Aid Sues Mayor Adams Over Inaction on Rental Voucher Reforms

State Bill Looks to Repeal NYC’s 30- and 60-Day Shelter Limits

‘I Feel Defeated’: Shelter Deadlines for Immigrant Families Expire, as System Frays

State Grants Reduced Shelter Standards For Adults ‘When Necessary’

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