The city uses a patchwork of social services and subsidies to keep elders aging in place, but they can be difficult to qualify for and their funds are limited.
‘You can’t cook on a hotplate,’ says a 26-year resident of the building. So she spends on take-out food. ‘It eats up an exorbitant amount of money that I don’t…
Stakeholders in big real estate, landlords and environmental advocates remain unsure how long it will take for take for the city to release recommendations on how to slash carbon emissions…
‘Unfortunately, little editorial space has been given to the important task of dispelling the toxic myths behind landlords’ recurring arguments about the impact of rent regulation reforms.’
Everyone from rent-stabilized renters to rent-controlled tenants to people who live in mobile-home parks would be affected by the reforms, which now await action by Gov. Cuomo.
‘They may seem like reasonable provisions for ensuring the maintenance of the city’s housing stock, but rent-regulation loopholes all work in tandem to push out low-income tenants and undermine neighborhood-level…