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Cycling advocates see promise in recent city initiatives but say they’d like to see the administration take more aggressive action overall when it comes to transforming New York’s streets.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Oct 2019

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Should the City’s Housing Plan Make NYCHA its Centerpiece?

Bill de Blasio’s housing plan, like every modern mayor’s, focuses on private apartments, not public housing. There’s a growing sense that saving NYCHA will require a different orientation—right now.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 5Comments

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Oct 2019

Government In Depth Investigations

Evidence of Growing Need for Capital in the City’s Aging Parks

There are signs decades of too little maintenance funding and of a greater need facing aging parks across the city—something advocates says could amount to a looming crisis.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 4Comments

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Aug 2019

Climate and Environment

Protecting Biodiversity in the Big Apple

Join City Limits for a panel discussion on the intersection of climate change, urban growth, and policy choices in NYC.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Aug 2019

In Depth Investigations

NY’s Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Raise Concerns About Quality of Care

In New York City’s worst-staffed homes, nursing home residents get fewer than three hours on average of direct nursing care each day—below the recommended amount. City Limits found that those…

ByVirginia Jeffries

ByJaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky 2Comments

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Aug 2019

Housing and Homelessness

In Major Policy Shift, City Makes Credit Checks Optional for Affordable Housing Applicants

The changes will increase access to affordable housing for many New Yorkers across the city, and “reduce the chances of a tenant being denied a unit due to poor credit…

BySadef Ali Kully 4Comments

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Aug 2019

Government In Depth Justice

Advocates for Aging Prisoners Look to Force a Debate on Parole

Opposition from police unions and lukewarm support from Democrats doomed efforts to ease the path to parole for aging prisoners this year. But supporters say they intend to keep pushing…

ByRoshan Abraham 6Comments

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Aug 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Inwood Community Groups Head to Court in Lawsuit Challenging Neighborhood Rezoning

The lawsuit argues the city’s environmental review process for the rezoning failed to examine how it would impact the socio-economic demographics of the Inwood community, including race, income and language.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Aug 2019

Government Housing and Homelessness

A Primer on the Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Housing Plans

Four from the large field of Democratic challengers have released very detailed proposals. Others have talked more broadly about the need for a national housing strategy.

ByRachel Rippetoe 1Comment

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Aug 2019

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations NYCHA

Hundreds of NYCHA Evictions Raise Questions About Process

The cash-strapped authority needs to collect rent. But there are concerns about lagging repairs, vulnerable tenants and a new program that’s spurred a spike in evictions.

ByHarry DiPrinzio 6Comments

What’s Behind NYC’s Mounting Cyclist Death Toll?

Should the City’s Housing Plan Make NYCHA its Centerpiece?

Evidence of Growing Need for Capital in the City’s Aging Parks

Protecting Biodiversity in the Big Apple

NY’s Nursing Home Staffing Shortages Raise Concerns About Quality of Care

In Major Policy Shift, City Makes Credit Checks Optional for Affordable Housing Applicants

Advocates for Aging Prisoners Look to Force a Debate on Parole

Inwood Community Groups Head to Court in Lawsuit Challenging Neighborhood Rezoning

A Primer on the Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Housing Plans

Hundreds of NYCHA Evictions Raise Questions About Process

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