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“My whole crew is squatting,” Ronaldo Casanova told City Limits in April of 1990, when he was organizing fellow squatters on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. “We have no…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Supportive Housing is NYC’s Best Tool for Addressing Homelessness

“Shelters are not a stand-alone solution and just because we remove homeless people from our subways and streets doesn’t mean they have found a home.”

ByJim Dill 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

So far this year, city marshals have executed at least 1,527 residential evictions, according to statistics maintained by the Department of Investigation (DOI). The true number of legal evictions is…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Struggles to Make Shelter Space for Rising Homeless Population

Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday doubled down on his claim that thousands of asylum-seekers have strained New York City’s homeless shelter system, causing his administration to break state law by…

ByDavid Brand

ByDaniel Parra 3Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

New York City Housing Calendar, July 20-27

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Who Are The Families Entering NYC Shelters From the Southern Border?

For weeks, City Limits has been talking to several Latin American families who entered the city’s shelter system after arriving in the U.S. from southern border states. Mayor Eric Adams…

ByDaniel Parra

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: ‘Housing First’ is Not Enough to End NYC Homelessness

“We need a continuum of care that meets the individual needs of homeless New Yorkers where they are, whether it’s a single mother, an out-of-work man, someone exiting incarceration with…

ByHarriet Karr-McDonald 1Comment

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

After Slow Start, NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers

The city has distributed 91 percent of the roughly 7,800 new emergency housing vouchers (EHVs) they received last May—a dramatic increase since March, when they had issued less than a…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘It’s Like a Slum’: Supportive Housing Tenants Cope with Violation-Filled Homes. Provider Blames Underfunding

Postgraduate Center for Mental Health has $130 million in two cash reserves and steady funding from the state, but conditions inside the apartments it rents for low-income tenants continue to…

ByDavid Brand 34Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say

Eric Adams’ “Housing Our Neighbors” blueprint is missing key details about how to track and accomplish its broad goals, according to critics. City officials pledged to include the updated benchmarks…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

Flashback Friday: NYC’s ‘Rebel’ Squatters, 1990

Opinion: Supportive Housing is NYC’s Best Tool for Addressing Homelessness

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

NYC Struggles to Make Shelter Space for Rising Homeless Population

New York City Housing Calendar, July 20-27

Who Are The Families Entering NYC Shelters From the Southern Border?

Opinion: ‘Housing First’ is Not Enough to End NYC Homelessness

After Slow Start, NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers

‘It’s Like a Slum’: Supportive Housing Tenants Cope with Violation-Filled Homes. Provider Blames Underfunding

Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say

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