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"As tenants who have suffered under aggressive landlords funded by predatory lenders, we urge our lawmakers to support the creation of public banks, mission-driven to provide affordable financing to responsible…

ByRoy Zornow

ByElizabeth Haak 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

As NY Budget Drags On, Pressure Builds to Negotiate Tenant Protections

Gov. Hochul’s plan to ramp up construction across the state has emerged as a sticking point in delayed budget talks—making now the time, some lawmakers say, to push for the…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Apr 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: It’s Time to Tax the Rich and Make Housing Justice a Reality in New York

“New York can address our perennial housing crisis, but only if we tax the rich and prioritize the public interest over private gain.”

ByRodrigo Camarena 1Comment

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

What Would It Take To Fully Fund Right To Counsel For NYC Tenants?

“It’s a complicated question,” said Rosalind Black, citywide housing director at Legal Services NY, which aids tenants under the landmark city initiative to provide free representation to low-income New Yorkers…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Education Government Housing and Homelessness

With City Child Care Program to End in June, Asylum-Seeking Parents Worry Over Plans for Summer

Promise NYC was intended to help asylum-seeker families whose immigration status makes them ineligible for other, federally-funded child care assistance. But the program, which offered subsidized care for 600 children,…

ByDaniel Parra 2Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

As New York Leaders Push for More Housing Near Transit, East Bronx Readies for a Rezoning

The Bronx Metro-North rezoning is among the first initiated by the city since Mayor Adams took office, and will look to spur development of 6,000 homes around future train stations…

ByRyan Pullido

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

As the state’s budget deadline approaches, Queens democratic lawmakers are at odds over whether it should include a path for legalizing the city’s basement and cellar apartments.

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Mar 2023

Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Suburbs Need Social Housing

“The suburbs need to do their part in providing housing. But relying on the same old market tactics that created this crisis in the first place won’t solve the problem…

ByKatelin Penner 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

A new data tool by the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University breaks down a trove of housing-related data for each of the state’s Senate and Assembly…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: Building Again at NYCHA

It is time for New York to meet its public housing needs. It has the land. The technical ability to restore and replace NYCHA’s housing stock to meet tenant needs…

ByCharles Lauster 2Comments

Opinion: Public Banking is a Win for New York’s Tenants

As NY Budget Drags On, Pressure Builds to Negotiate Tenant Protections

What Would It Take To Fully Fund Right To Counsel For NYC Tenants?

With City Child Care Program to End in June, Asylum-Seeking Parents Worry Over Plans for Summer

As New York Leaders Push for More Housing Near Transit, East Bronx Readies for a Rezoning

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

Mapping Tenant Vulnerability: New Data Tool Compares NY’s Legislative Districts

Opinion: Building Again at NYCHA

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