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Aug 2026

NYCHA Tenants Sue Over Police Access to Surveillance Cameras, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The lawsuit accuses the NYPD and NYCHA of violating residents’ rights by covertly using a free internet program to give police access to public housing surveillance cameras. The police department…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

24

Jul 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Resources

Landlords Sue Over the Rent Freeze, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

A group of landlords, represented by former Adams administration official Randy Mastro, sued the Rent Guidelines Board alleging that the freeze was preordained by Mayor Mamdani, in violation of the…

ByPatrick Spauster

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

22

Jul 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development NYCHA

NYCHA Senior Holdouts Allege Harassment in New Legal Challenge Over Chelsea Redevelopment

Residents in a senior-only building in Chelsea allege they are being harassed by the public housing authority and its private management partners. It’s the latest legal challenge in a years-long…

BySunny Nagpaul 0Comments

21

Jul 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice

Court to Consider Whether NYC Discriminated by Placing Trans Woman in Shelters With Men

A Supreme Court Judge ruled the city could be held liable for discrimination against a transgender woman who alleges the Department of Homeless Services refused to place her in a…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

10

Apr 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Justice

New York’s Latino Communities ‘Under Siege’ by ICE’s Racial Profiling, Lawsuit Says

“What they’re doing is like marauding. They’re out on the streets wandering around, stopping people who are Latino,” said Paige Austin, an attorney with Make the Road New York, one…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

15

Dec 2025

Featured Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Justice

Transgender Resident Faced Discrimination, Assault In City Homeless Shelters: Lawsuit

A transgender former shelter resident is suing New York, saying city shelters failed to place her in a shelter for women or transgender people, putting her at risk of assault…

ByPatrick Spauster 4Comments

27

Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

City Hall Digs In Against Rental Voucher Expansion

Mayor Eric Adams argued in new court filings that his administration has special authority as an “arm of the state”—part of a lawsuit that the Legal Aid Society filed in…

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

21

Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness News

City Council Requests to Join Lawsuit to Enforce Rental Voucher Expansion

In a motion set to be filed Wednesday in state court, the legislative body asks to join a recently-filed lawsuit against Mayor Eric Adams’ administration, seeking to compel implementation of…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

14

Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Legal Aid Sues Mayor Adams Over Inaction on Rental Voucher Reforms

The proposed class action suit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of four New Yorkers who say they should be eligible for CityFHEPS, but are closed…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

29

Nov 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Justice

Efforts to Block Gas Bans Across the Nation Are Growing. Will it Work in New York?

After a lawsuit in California toppled the city of Berkeley’s efforts to replace gas stoves with clean electric energy in new buildings, fossil fuel industry groups are testing the same…

ByMariana Simões 8Comments

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