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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 3Comments

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Oct 2024

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 5Comments

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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 1Comment

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Sep 2024

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration

‘Stop Evicting Children’: Rally Calls to End Shelter Deadlines for Migrants As New School Year Starts

As of Aug. 18, the city had issued 60-day deadlines to 12,689 families with children, including 18,348 children under 18, officials said. Critics say frequent shelter moves are disruptive to…

BySubeksha Poudel 0Comments

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Sep 2024

Climate and Environment Health

Opinion: Permanent Housing is the Way Forward as Communities Overheat

“While it becomes more dangerous to live outside without reprieve from the heat, the city has doubled down on penalizing the homeless instead of focusing on housing initiatives.”

ByRudrani Ghosh 0Comments

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Aug 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

City of Yes for Housing: See How Your Community Board & Borough President Voted

As the mayor’s citywide zoning reform plan undergoes public review, City Limits is keeping tabs on responses. So far, more than half of the city’s community boards have voted unfavorably,…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByChris Janaro

ByPatrick Spauster 6Comments

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?

‘Stop Evicting Children’: Rally Calls to End Shelter Deadlines for Migrants As New School Year Starts

Opinion: Permanent Housing is the Way Forward as Communities Overheat

City of Yes for Housing: See How Your Community Board & Borough President Voted

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