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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

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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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May 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

What Will it Take To Remove the Mold From This Washington Heights Apartment?

Tenant attorneys, advocates and policymakers say the delays that Nichols has encountered demonstrate the flaws of the city’s code enforcement program, and the limits of a housing court system that…

ByDavid Brand 10Comments

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Mar 2022

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

For NYC Tenants with Inadequate Heat, Enforcement Can Be Elusive

City Limits examined 311 data related to heat and hot water complaints over the past three years, and found the highest number were in areas populated by communities of color…

ByLiz Donovan 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Council’s New Housing Chair Wants Tougher Building Code Enforcement

“Although HPD and DOB are responding quickly to 311 complaints and sending out inspectors, there is a very troubling lag time and delay in terms of closure of these complaints,”…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

There are some 16,000 scattered-site supportive housing units across the city, rented and overseen by nonprofits contracted to provide services to tenants. But outdated contracts that trail actual market rents…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Dec 2021

Housing and Homelessness

Five Years After Fatal Radiator Explosion, Bronx Tenants Continue Fight for Safer Housing

The tragedy galvanized residents of 710-720 Hunts Point Ave., where the incident took place, to demand safer conditions. A half decade later, they’re still fighting for fixes. “We’ll never forget…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

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Oct 2021

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Finally Address the Health Risks of NYC Public Housing

‘NYCHA buildings are dilapidated, and residents are bombarded with every health and quality of life issue imaginable, from leaking pipes to broken elevators.’

ByAshley James 1Comment

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Sep 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘They Were Uninhabitable’—Ex-Landlords Leave Raft of Hazards at Former Bronx Cluster Sites

In June, the city spent $122 million to purchase 14 former cluster site buildings, turning them over to nonprofit organizations to fix up and operate as permanent housing. The organizations…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness

New Law, Prompted by Bronx Boy’s Death, Sets Deadline for Landlord Repairs

The legislation dates back to a 2002 tragedy when 8-year-old Jashawn Parker died in a fire in a residential Bronx building, where the landlord had failed to address almost 400…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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

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

What Will it Take To Remove the Mold From This Washington Heights Apartment?

For NYC Tenants with Inadequate Heat, Enforcement Can Be Elusive

City Watch: Council’s New Housing Chair Wants Tougher Building Code Enforcement

Dilapidated Apartments, Lousy Landlords Plague NYC’s Sprawling ‘Scattered-Site’ Supportive Housing Network

Five Years After Fatal Radiator Explosion, Bronx Tenants Continue Fight for Safer Housing

Opinion: It’s Time to Finally Address the Health Risks of NYC Public Housing

‘They Were Uninhabitable’—Ex-Landlords Leave Raft of Hazards at Former Bronx Cluster Sites

New Law, Prompted by Bronx Boy’s Death, Sets Deadline for Landlord Repairs

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