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Opinion: A New Model for New York’s Failing Churches

“The approval of 144 St. Felix signals something important: preservation and growth are not opposing forces. New York does not have to choose between protecting its past and building for…

ByDan Kaplan 0Comments

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Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Mamdani’s Housing Plan To Overhaul How City Responds to Tenants’ Heat Complaints, Other Code Violations

The Mamdani administration will announce a series of reforms Tuesday to improve how the city enforces building violations, part of its broader plan to build and preserve new housing across…

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Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Labor Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Next on the Abundance Agenda? Abundant Labor.

“The reason there is an abundance movement at all is to address the same challenges facing union members: working families and marginalized communities are being crushed under the weight of…

ByRyder Kessler 0Comments

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Rent Guidelines Board Takes Step Toward A Rent Freeze

The Rent Guidelines Board pushed the mayor’s rent freeze promise forward Thursday night, advancing a preliminary range of rent levels that includes no increase for the city’s rent stabilized tenants.…

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NYC Families Seeking Shelter Have to Prove They’re Homeless. A New Bill Would Simplify That Process.

As New York City’s shelter population remains high, legislators are taking aim at an intake process that requires homeless families to prove they are indeed homeless to city investigators.

ByPatrick Spauster 5Comments

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Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

100 Days In, Mamdani’s Housing Chief Says City Hall Will Stand Up for Tenants—And Work With Real Estate

“I reject the premise that us going after bad landlords is the same thing as not working with the real estate industry. They are two different things,” said Deputy Mayor…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Councilmember Investigated Over Possible Bribes In Shelter Contracting, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Federal investigators are looking into whether Councilmember Farah Louis helped steer shelter contracts to a nonprofit in exchange for benefits.

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Climate and Environment Featured Health Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

How NYC Closed Tens of Thousands of ‘No Heat’ Complaints Without Conducting an Inspection

Record numbers of New Yorkers called 311 to report heat and hot water outages during this winter’s cold snap. But a quirk of the city housing agency’s response procedure meant…