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The Hotel Vouchering Program has provided 28-day hotel stays for 7,875 migrant families with children since July 2023, City Hall said. It will end next month, and comes as the…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Oct 2024

NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 21-28

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2024

Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA

NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 7-14

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Sep 2023

Housing and Homelessness Immigration News

NYC Has Quietly Placed Immigrant Families with Children in Hotels Under 28-Day Stays

For the last three months, in instances when no other options are available, the city has provided some families with kids seeking asylum with vouchers for “no-cost hotel stays” for…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Aug 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: First, Let’s Try Housing

“A better approach to tackling homelessness in New York City would be to just give unhoused New Yorkers housing.”

ByIriane Narcisse 0Comments

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Jul 2023

Comunidades de habla hispana Government Housing and Homelessness

Familias solicitantes de asilo protestan por traslado repentino de refugio de emergencia en Queens

“Cuando les dije que me asignaron la habitación 503, el personal me dijo eso es una oficina”, dijo Carlos, quien pidió que no se usara su nombre completo por temor…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Asylum Seekers at Queens ‘Respite Center’ Make a Choice: Stay or Go?

On Wednesday afternoon, two buses carrying more than 60 people from city shelter left for the Ramada Inn in Albany, where officials say they’re also nearing capacity. Those who opted…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: It’s Time to Think Outside the Box to Solve the Shelter Crisis

“It is time for the governor and the legislature to step up to the plate and start acting like a partner to Mayor Eric Adams instead of a spectator. In fact,…

ByRobert Mascali 0Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Opens 300-Household Intake Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Midtown Hotel

New York City is opening its latest checkpoint for recently arrived immigrants, this time converting a hotel near Madison Square Garden into an intake and assessment center with rooms for…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Pressed for Shelter Space, NYC Turns to Notorious Landlords with Ties to Mayor’s Chief of Staff

Brothers Stuart and Jay Podolsky—long known for profiting off of poorly-maintained housing, and who are recent clients of Adams’ Chief of Staff Frank Carone—are leasing at least three of their…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

City to End 28-Day Hotel Stays for Immigrant Families with Children