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Earlier this year, Seattle’s nine-member City Council voted unanimously to tax Amazon to help fund a response to the city’s housing crisis. Then, it voted 7-2 to repeal it. What…

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Sep 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Affordable-Housing Advocates Must Listen to Opponents of Community Preference

‘In a recent discussion, some very basic assumptions of our sector were challenged.’

ByHarry DeRienzo

ByKirk Goodrich

ByIsmene Speliotis 12Comments

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Jan 2018

Housing and Homelessness News

Read Legal Aid’s Lawsuit To Stop East Harlem Rezoning

The lawsuit alleges that the city has failed to properly assess the potential for displacement.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Suit Against City Affordable Housing Policy Survives

A lawsuit challenging New York’s practice of setting aside affordable apartments for nearby residents is still alive after a judge rejected a bid by the de Blasio administration to have…

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

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Sep 2016

Opinion

Building Justice: How Community Preferences Enforce Racial Segregation in NYC

The man aiming to stop the city’s practice of reserving half of new affordable apartments for community residents says the policy creates divisions and limits mobility, doubling down on mistakes…

ByCraig Gurian 1Comment

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Feb 2016

Uncategorized

Suit on Sex Abuse in NYS Prisons Echoes ’11 Investigation

A group of women inmates is suing New York State alleging persistent sexual abuse in prisons and weak efforts by administrators to prevent or punish such behavior.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Education

Lawsuit Claims Charter School Mistreats Special-Ed Kids

The complaint by the parents of five Achievement First students also names the city and state departments of education.

ByRuth Ford 1Comment

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Sep 2015

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Tenants Report Threats and Unsafe Conditions Next Door to a ‘Million Dollar Listing’

Celebrity real-estate broker Ryan Serhant is promoting two luxury towers that will rise on sites now occupied by garages on East 13th Street. Next door, in a property sold in…

ByAbbie Nehring 1Comment

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Aug 2015

Government

Questions on Whether Lawsuit is Likely to Solve City’s Foster-Care Problems

The legal attack led by Public Advocate Letitia James alleges the city has failed to address lengthy delays and abuse in the foster-care system. Some believe a courtroom is the…

ByAnnamarya Scaccia 4Comments

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Apr 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Tenants Again Sue a Housing Authority Crippled by Federal Cuts

The suit by residents of the Castle Hill Houses is the latest legal action charging NYCHA with failing to adequately maintain its 334 developments, which house some 400,000 New Yorkers.…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

What Happened When Seattle Tried to Tax Amazon