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“The lack of public bathrooms is one of the daunting challenges and cruel indignities that unsheltered New Yorkers consistently face as they draw on meager resources to survive life on…

ByAlison Wilkey

ByWill Woods

ByNathylin Flowers Adesegun 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Delays and ‘Weak Monitoring’ Undermine City’s Rental Voucher Program: Audit

The audit, by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, cited lags in determining eligibility and issuing payments for participants in the CityFHEPS voucher program, causing “significant delays in families and individuals being…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

What Should We Ask NYC’s Next Mayor About Housing & Homelessness?

More candidates are throwing their hats in the ring for the 2025 race to challenge Mayor Eric Adams, who is facing federal corruption charges. City Limits will ask those running…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Bill Would Make It Easier for New Yorkers Leaving Jail to Qualify for Supportive Housing

Manhattan City Councilmember Carlina Rivera introduced legislation Wednesday that would expand eligibility criteria for city-funded supportive housing to include people with justice system involvement in the last year—a change long…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: For Our Children, Say ‘Yes’ to Housing

“Housing insecurity is directly correlated with negative impacts on the lifelong development and well-being of children, causing struggles in school and worse health outcomes, among many other long-term consequences.”

ByJennifer March 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Event recap Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Ask a Housing Expert: What Does 50 Years of Community Development Look Like?

The Association for Neighborhood Housing & Development, or ANHD—founded in the 1970s to reclaim the growing number of burned and abandoned apartment buildings across the city— turns 50 this year.…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Council Files Appeal Over Adams Admin’s Refusal to Expand Rental Vouchers

The appeal announcement included the launch of a website tracking the number of days since the Council says its laws should have been implemented—447, as of Tuesday—and the number of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Sep 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development

It’s Getting Harder for Veterans to Afford Calling New York City Home

“Our lives were here, all of our close friends, everything we had done for years and years,” said former New York City resident and veteran Ramond Curtis. “We absolutely would…

ByChris Janaro 1Comment

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Sep 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

‘Good Cause’ Eviction’s Legal Litmus Test Begins

“The enforcement mechanism has truly always been the courts,” said Good Cause sponsor State Sen. Julia Salazar, as anticipation mounts for litigation that will hash out the reach of the…

ByChris Janaro 0Comments

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Sep 2024

Housing and Homelessness Immigration Labor

Who Can Get Appointments at NYC’s Asylum Application Help Center, And Who Can’t?

While shelter staff are the primary schedulers of appointments at the city’s Asylum Application Help Center, a network of community-based organizations and legal providers can refer cases too. Yet city…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

Opinion: Why Isn’t It ‘Free to Pee’ in New York City?

What Should We Ask NYC’s Next Mayor About Housing & Homelessness?

Bill Would Make It Easier for New Yorkers Leaving Jail to Qualify for Supportive Housing

Opinion: For Our Children, Say ‘Yes’ to Housing

Ask a Housing Expert: What Does 50 Years of Community Development Look Like?

Council Files Appeal Over Adams Admin’s Refusal to Expand Rental Vouchers

It’s Getting Harder for Veterans to Afford Calling New York City Home

‘Good Cause’ Eviction’s Legal Litmus Test Begins

Who Can Get Appointments at NYC’s Asylum Application Help Center, And Who Can’t?

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