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‘We need to abandon once and for all the idea that homelessness is a choice, and that people are not in shelters because they don’t know better. The problem is…

ByJosiah Haken 8Comments

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Feb 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

De Blasio Housing Plan Created More Affordable Units, But Left Out City’s Most Vulnerable: Report

‘We did have a major emphasis on affordable housing, and a great deal of spending on it,’ during the de Blasio administration, says Samuel Stein, the report’s author and housing…

BySadef Ali Kully 7Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness

City Looks to Appeal Decision Halting Two Bridges Towers — Again

The city’s Law Department argued their second appeal in court Wednesday against two lawsuits which resulted in an earlier injunction stopping the project, which would build four new skyscrapers on…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Top-Down Comprehensive Planning Will Further Empower Those on Top

‘Upon close examination, the speaker’s proposal falls short and leaves the door wide open for the continuation of City Planning’s top-down, developer-driven rezonings by offering them a new shroud of…

ByTom Angotti 15Comments

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Jan 2021

Uncategorized

Bronx Families Face Greatest Barriers to ‘Well-Being’ Across New York’s Counties, Report Finds

A new report by Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, released Monday, analyzed pre-pandemic data to determine where the level of various risks to families’ well-being stood before the…

ByNicole Javorsky 0Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness

City Pilot to Combat Tenant Harassment Should Be Improved and Made Permanent, Advocates Say

A recent analysis of the city’s Certificate of No Harassment pilot says it has been effective in combating some forms of landlord harassment, but that the city could do more…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Dec 2020

Economy Education Government Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA

10 Stories from 2020 NYC Shouldn’t Forget

There was more than COVID to the year of COVID: Housing construction, Industry City, access to welfare, resiliency planning, NYCHA and policing were among the big policy stories that shaped…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2020

Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to Do Away With NYC’s Tax Lien Sale—The Giuliani Plan That Won’t Die

Most cities do not sell their tax liens to a private trust. Many have programs which help homeowners pay off their debt and repair their neglected rental properties. Other cities…

ByJohn Krinsky

ByMemo Salazar 2Comments

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Nov 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NYers Are Getting Evicted During the Pandemic. Lawmakers Must Act Now.

There are now more than 200,000 families across New York State in eviction court. Since Cuomo opened the door to new eviction cases in June, over 33,000 cases have been…

ByMarika Dias

ByPablo Estupiñan 7Comments

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness

New Law, Prompted by Bronx Boy’s Death, Sets Deadline for Landlord Repairs

The legislation dates back to a 2002 tragedy when 8-year-old Jashawn Parker died in a fire in a residential Bronx building, where the landlord had failed to address almost 400…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

Opinion: New York City has a Homelessness Problem—But it’s Not What You Think

De Blasio Housing Plan Created More Affordable Units, But Left Out City’s Most Vulnerable: Report

City Looks to Appeal Decision Halting Two Bridges Towers — Again

Opinion: Top-Down Comprehensive Planning Will Further Empower Those on Top

Bronx Families Face Greatest Barriers to ‘Well-Being’ Across New York’s Counties, Report Finds

City Pilot to Combat Tenant Harassment Should Be Improved and Made Permanent, Advocates Say

10 Stories from 2020 NYC Shouldn’t Forget

Opinion: It’s Time to Do Away With NYC’s Tax Lien Sale—The Giuliani Plan That Won’t Die

Opinion: NYers Are Getting Evicted During the Pandemic. Lawmakers Must Act Now.

New Law, Prompted by Bronx Boy’s Death, Sets Deadline for Landlord Repairs

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