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Jul 2022

Pledged Amenity Space at Atlantic Yards Was Never Built. What Will That Mean for Promised Affordable Housing?

The developer’s failed promise to build a glass-enclosed public plaza in front of the Barclay’s Center is a bad sign for its other pledges to the community yet to be…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

14

Jul 2022

Government Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: Rejecting the Notion of a ‘Feminist’ Jail for Harlem

“Do New York City’s leaders intend to build a new jail every time an old one fails, as it always will? In a city which boasts some of the world’s…

BySamah Mcgona Sisay 0Comments

13

Jul 2022

Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Gov. Hochul, Hold Amazon Accountable this Prime Day

“As Amazon gets richer, workers are waiting for protections they needed yesterday, and the state has an important role to play. Gov. Hochul can demonstrate her leadership and prove that…

ByMaritza Silva-Farrell 1Comment

07

Jul 2022

Government Politics

See Who Your NYC Neighborhood Voted for in Primary for Governor

Who did most of your neighbors cast votes for? NYC Election Atlas, a project of The Center for Urban Research at the CUNY Graduate Center, mapped the unofficial primary results…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

01

Jul 2022

Government Politics Video

NYC Primary Rewind: Who Voted, Where

In New York City, 446,432 Democrats and 50,337 Republican cast ballots for governor on Tuesday—a sleepy election day during a redistricting year that’ll ask voters to return to the polls…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByAdi Talwar

ByMariam Hydara 2Comments

30

Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Let the J-51 Property Tax Abatement Die, Too

“The governor and New York State Legislature should begin a process of discarding all property tax abatements that primarily serve the interests of landlords and developers (not tenants), and end…

ByMarty Rowland 3Comments

28

Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Housing, Reproductive Rights on Voters’ Minds as Quiet NY Primary Unfolds

Tuesday marked the first of this year’s primary elections in New York. Some voters told City Limits they were motivated to show up by the recent, controversial U.S Supreme Court…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByLiz Donovan

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

27

Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

No Loud Music. No Smoking. No Guns. Can NYC Landlords Ban Firearms?

The Supreme Court’s recent decision could turn the Meatpacking District into the Heat-packing District by allowing an untold number of New Yorkers to carry guns outside their homes. But what…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

22

Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: NYCHA’s ‘Public Housing Preservation Trust’ Is A Farce of Resident Engagement

“Just this year alone, public budgets allocated billions of dollars in federal spending for military intervention abroad, the state subsidy of a billionaire’s football stadium in Buffalo, and even over…

ByMarquis Jenkins

ByJames Rodriguez

ByAixa Torres 0Comments

10

Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth

After a Year of Missed Opportunity, New York Revises Sputtering Hotel-to-Housing Plan

When COVID-19 hit, policymakers saw an opportunity: The city had interconnected affordable housing and homelessness crises; the city also had hundreds of empty hotels hemorrhaging cash. But a year after…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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