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“You think about a $106 billion budget—we’re asking for $400 million with an M,” Councilmember Carmen De La Rosa said at Thursday’s rally. “NYCHA tenants deserve more and we’re going…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Annual Vote Spells Further Rent Increases For NYC’s Stabilized Tenants

In an unusual twist, the two tenant-aligned members of the Rent Guidelines Board, tenant lawyer Adán Soltren and organizer Genesis Aquino, voted in favor of Wednesday’s increases—3 percent for a…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Bills to Bolster NY’s Rent Stabilization Law Head To Governor’s Desk

Bills aimed at helping rent stabilized tenants dig deeper into their rent histories to challenge suspicious increases sailed through the State Assembly, capping off an anticlimactic year for housing policy…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: The Rent Guidelines Board Sucks. It Could be Great—Here’s How

If the RGB is meant to protect tenants, its record is mixed at best. But the alternative, a city of free market rentals, would be much worse. How can this…

ByAndrew Schustek

ByAvi Garelick 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Mayor Strikes Housing Voucher Waiting Period, as Further Reforms Hang in Balance

New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that he will eliminate a 90-day waiting period for New Yorkers in shelters to apply for rental vouchers, even as he declined…

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Housing Voucher Reforms Offer Hope in City’s Homelessness Crisis

“As a city, do we want to make people suffer through three months of homelessness before we give them a chance to regain stability through housing?”

ByJessica Valencia

ByAmy Blumsack

ByManon Vergerio 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

As Relocated Asylum Seekers Adjust to Life in Albany, Advocates Call for More Resources

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has embarked on a decompression strategy to free up space in the city’s local shelters by sending immigrants to other New York State localities. In Albany,…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering

While Albany leaders failed to pass a comprehensive package of housing legislation this week, some advocates and high-ranking lawmakers have been working on a pair of bills they say could…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

The Job That “Almost Was”: Advocates on the Loss of NYC’s Chief Housing Officer

Advocates hoped Adams would kick off his first term by appointing a deputy mayor for housing and homelessness—ensuring that previously siloed agencies would report to the same person. He didn’t,…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

A NY Law Puts A Steep Price On ‘Serious’ Building Disrepair. These Tenants Are Fighting To Use It.

Brooklyn tenants are trying to dismantle barriers around a seldom-used 1960s-era law that can prohibit landlords from collecting rent when they fail to fix dangerous building conditions for months on…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

Tenants, Advocates Call for City Budget Funds to Alleviate NYCHA’s Growing Rent Debt

Annual Vote Spells Further Rent Increases For NYC’s Stabilized Tenants

Bills to Bolster NY’s Rent Stabilization Law Head To Governor’s Desk

Opinion: The Rent Guidelines Board Sucks. It Could be Great—Here’s How

Mayor Strikes Housing Voucher Waiting Period, as Further Reforms Hang in Balance

Opinion: Housing Voucher Reforms Offer Hope in City’s Homelessness Crisis

As Relocated Asylum Seekers Adjust to Life in Albany, Advocates Call for More Resources

As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering

The Job That “Almost Was”: Advocates on the Loss of NYC’s Chief Housing Officer

A NY Law Puts A Steep Price On ‘Serious’ Building Disrepair. These Tenants Are Fighting To Use It.

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