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Despite a veto override, a December letter from Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Park says certain CityFHEPs voucher legislation passed by the City Council “cannot be implemented at this…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jan 2024

2023 Look-Back: Our Biggest Stories of the Year

Heading into 2024, City Limits looks back at key stories and investigations from the last 12 months on New York City housing, homelessness, climate policy and more.

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Dec 2023

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

‘A Failure of Our Policies’: Vigil Honors New Yorkers Who Experienced Homelessness

“Let us keep in front of mind that these were people who had hopes, dreams and stories,” said George Nashak, CEO of Care for the Homeless.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Politics

As Shelter Deadlines for Families With Children Near, Lawmakers Press Eric Adams to End ‘Cruel’ Policy

“We have already witnessed the harm that 30-day limits have inflicted on adult migrants without children, who have either had to sleep on the streets indefinitely while reapplying for housing…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

City to Limit the Use of Criminal Background Checks in Screening Tenants

The Fair Chance for Housing Act, passed by the City Council Wednesday, will limit the extent to which landlords, real estate brokers and other entities can factor in past convictions…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

NYC Will Soon Have to Report Details of Street Homeless Sweeps

The Adams administration will have to report quarterly on the cost and characteristics of “removals,” when city agencies force a person out of a public spot, often clearing their possessions…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How a Writing Program Helped Homeless New Yorkers

“When neighbors have the chance to connect across housing status, it makes all of us and our neighborhoods kinder and stronger. It allows us all to learn from each other…

ByDayse da Cunha

BySusan Buttenwieser 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated Inches Forward in the East Bronx

The “Just Home” proposal to house seriously ill people leaving jail cleared one of its final procedural hurdles at a heated public hearing, where locals repeatedly testified that they feared…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth

‘It’s Not the Place, But Where it’s Located’: Immigrant Families Weather First Weeks in Floyd Bennett Shelter

City Limits recently spoke with several families about what it was like to live at the shelter, the first congregate facility in which the city has placed large numbers of…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Housing and Homelessness

NYC Council Scrutinizes Barriers to Supportive Housing

“How can the agencies make this process more streamlined for the applicant, easier to navigate, less given to subjectivity and less prone to error and discrimination?” asked Deputy Speaker Diana Ayala.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

Adams Admin Confirms Inaction on Council’s Rental Voucher Expansion

2023 Look-Back: Our Biggest Stories of the Year

‘A Failure of Our Policies’: Vigil Honors New Yorkers Who Experienced Homelessness

As Shelter Deadlines for Families With Children Near, Lawmakers Press Eric Adams to End ‘Cruel’ Policy

City to Limit the Use of Criminal Background Checks in Screening Tenants

NYC Will Soon Have to Report Details of Street Homeless Sweeps

Opinion: How a Writing Program Helped Homeless New Yorkers

Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated Inches Forward in the East Bronx

‘It’s Not the Place, But Where it’s Located’: Immigrant Families Weather First Weeks in Floyd Bennett Shelter

NYC Council Scrutinizes Barriers to Supportive Housing

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