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About 20 houses in South Jamaica are prone to sewer backups every few months, say homeowners, some of whom have dealt with the issue for more than a decade. But…

ByRoxanne Scott 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Bruckner Rezoning Poised to Pass After Councilmember’s Change of Heart

The Council’s Land Use Committee voted 10-0 to approve a residential rezoning along a strip of Bruckner Boulevard in Throggs Neck after Councilmember Marjorie Velázquez said she backed the plan,…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Oct 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers, But Finding an Apartment Remains Tough

Just 19.4 percent of the 7,788 federal Emergency Housing Vouchers (EHV) issued to New York City by the Biden Administration in May 2021 have been used to secure an apartment,…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Oct 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Podcasts Politics

City Watch: NYC’s Affordable Housing Crisis Demands Federal Response, Coalition Says

The dearth of affordable housing across the city—and the nation—should prompt Congress to increase rental assistance programs and supercharge the National Housing Trust Fund, Sarah Saadian of the National Low-Income…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Oct 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Amid Flood Concerns, Mayor Says NYC Will Move Asylum Seeker Tents to Randall’s Island

The choice of Randall’s Island for the asylum-seeker tents recalls the historic role of the island—along with adjoining Wards Island—as a drop-off point for New York City’s most marginalized groups.

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Oct 2022

Education Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s Schools Funding Formula Should Consider Homeless Students, Advocates Say

The Fair Student Funding Formula, used to distribute the majority of New York City’s education budget to each of its 1,600 public schools, has been criticized for failing to provide…

ByJulian Roberts-Grmela 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Opens 300-Household Intake Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Midtown Hotel

New York City is opening its latest checkpoint for recently arrived immigrants, this time converting a hotel near Madison Square Garden into an intake and assessment center with rooms for…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

NYC’s Youth Shelter System Is Running Out of Space

Down 99 beds from this time last year, space is running out in New York City’s patchwork of shelters for teens and young adults, which provide counseling, education, job training…

ByDavid Brand

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: ‘Just Home’ Project Planned for The Bronx Deserves Community Support

“Fear aside, will our city recognize health care as a human right? If these sick people can’t be placed in a hospital campus, then where else can they go?”

ByRoxanne Delgado 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 29-Oct. 6

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

ByMariam Hydara 0Comments

Sewer Backups, Increasing from Climate Change, are Costing City’s Homeowners

Bruckner Rezoning Poised to Pass After Councilmember’s Change of Heart

NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers, But Finding an Apartment Remains Tough

City Watch: NYC’s Affordable Housing Crisis Demands Federal Response, Coalition Says

Amid Flood Concerns, Mayor Says NYC Will Move Asylum Seeker Tents to Randall’s Island

NYC’s Schools Funding Formula Should Consider Homeless Students, Advocates Say

NYC Opens 300-Household Intake Shelter for Asylum Seekers in Midtown Hotel

NYC’s Youth Shelter System Is Running Out of Space

Opinion: ‘Just Home’ Project Planned for The Bronx Deserves Community Support

NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 29-Oct. 6

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