Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 9-16
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Accountability for Daniel Penny And Concern For Public Safety Are Not Mutually Exclusive
M.A. Dennis |
“Can I love and support a family member who was harmed by someone experiencing homelessness and also be against the unnecessary and unjust killing of an unhoused person?”
Government
City to Close Dozens of Sites Housing Migrants, Citing Dip in Shelter Population
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Officials attributed the closures to a steady decline in the number of people in the shelter system over the last several months—though nearly 55,000 migrants and asylum seekers remain, the majority of them families with children.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Stable, Affordable Housing is the Foundation for New York’s Future
Zyneisha Green |
“When our family did finally find stable housing, it was transformative. Our apartment finally became a home—a foundation for our lives to flourish.”
Bronx
Opinion: Toward a City for All
Pierina Ana Sanchez |
“While I supported the majority of the zoning reforms originally proposed, the modifications maintain its key components while accommodating specific neighborhood concerns and, most importantly, the essential principle that housing should be built in every district.”
Government
City to Launch ‘Centralized Mail Center’ for Migrants in Shelter After Complaints of Missing Correspondence
Daniel Parra |
The announcement follows months of complaints by immigrants and asylum seekers about missing mail in city shelters, complicating their immigration cases and other efforts to establish their lives here, as City Limits was the first to report in July.
Economy
NYC Food Resources for the 2024 Holiday Season
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Since the pandemic, one in every three New York City residents has used a food pantry, according to a recent study from Robin Hood and Columbia University. Here, City Limits rounds up a list of where people can find food assistance and other anti-hunger resources.
Bronx
1 in 8 NYC Public School Students Experienced Homelessness Last Year. See How Many Were in Your District.
Patrick Spauster |
A record-high 146,733 students were living in the shelter system, doubled up, or staying in hotels, motels, or unsheltered, a new report finds. In some school districts, as many as one in five experienced homelessness.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: How NYC’s Housing Shortage Drives School Segregation & Disinvestment
Nyah Berg |
“Rising unaffordability, worsened by a global pandemic, has created a cycle where many Black and brown New Yorkers, along with other marginalized groups, see leaving the city as their only option.”
Government
What’s at Stake for Housing in the Presidential Election
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Beyond their big-ticket campaign promises, the next president could have substantial impact on housing in New York, from shaping tax incentives that make it easier to build new homes to federal resources for NYCHA and code enforcement programs.
