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While advocates who specialize in public benefits have called for these backlogs to be cut, they say New Yorkers who rely on cash and food support are not yet out…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Local Law 97’s ‘Mediated Resolution’ Clause Gives Too Much Leeway for Exemptions, Lawyers Say

The Dept. of Buildings has the power to offer a mediated resolution to landlords who don’t comply with the city’s building emissions law, bypassing fines if they promise to get…

ByMariana Simões 1Comment

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 26-March 3

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness News

City Council Requests to Join Lawsuit to Enforce Rental Voucher Expansion

In a motion set to be filed Wednesday in state court, the legislative body asks to join a recently-filed lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, seeking to compel implementation of…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA’s Second ‘Trust’ Vote Poses Unique Challenge: Scattered Tenants

For NYCHA tenants, choosing between PACT, Preservation Trust and Section 9 is a decision that can impact the future of their homes. Some seniors from Bronx River Addition haven’t seen…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Give a Little to Get a Lot More Affordable Housing

“A housing package that protects tenants, builds affordable housing, and creates good jobs is possible, but bad actors in the real estate industry would rather hold my members and all…

ByJoseph Geiger 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York City Must Invest in Implementing Local Law 97

“If New York is serious about meeting its climate goals, the city must then live up to its stated priorities and give programs the resources to meaningfully follow through on…

ByEliza Klein 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

‘Profound Scarcity’: Apartments Available to NYC Renters Hit Historic Low Last Year

The city’s housing vacancy rate plunged to 1.41 percent in 2023, the lowest it has been since 1968, officials announced Thursday. Options were particularly scarce for low-income New Yorkers: just…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 18Comments

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: New York Can House More New Yorkers, Better

“What we need is not haphazard compromise through gritted teeth, but the embrace of a coherent policy to safely and affordably house more New Yorkers. We need to build more…

ByHoward Slatkin 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Amid a National Housing Shortage, Congress Must Expand Supply

“There are so many issues that divide our nation, but one thing both Democrats and Republicans clearly understand and agree on is the urgent need for more housing, which is…

ByAdolfo Carrión Jr.

ByEric Enderlin 0Comments

City Hall Announces Near-Elimination of Benefits Case Backlog As Challenges Persist

Local Law 97’s ‘Mediated Resolution’ Clause Gives Too Much Leeway for Exemptions, Lawyers Say

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 26-March 3

City Council Requests to Join Lawsuit to Enforce Rental Voucher Expansion

NYCHA’s Second ‘Trust’ Vote Poses Unique Challenge: Scattered Tenants

Opinion: Give a Little to Get a Lot More Affordable Housing

Opinion: New York City Must Invest in Implementing Local Law 97

‘Profound Scarcity’: Apartments Available to NYC Renters Hit Historic Low Last Year

Opinion: New York Can House More New Yorkers, Better

Opinion: Amid a National Housing Shortage, Congress Must Expand Supply

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