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Both the Senate and the Assembly have included tax-related reforms in their “one-house” budget proposals that would impact those with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs), often used by immigrant workers.…

ByDaniel Parra 0Comments

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Dec 2020

Housing and Homelessness News Opinion

Opinion: To Make New York More Affordable, Fix the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

If the 4 percent rate had been fixed, the same set of affordable housing projects that lost $51 million in equity this year would have raised $240 million instead, helping…

ByRachel Fee 1Comment

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Jul 2018

Education

Do NYC’s Museums Meet Low-Income Visitors Halfway?

Museums — especially the 33 located on city-owned property and receiving millions from the City — have a responsibility to listen to communities and meet the needs of people historically…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jun 2018

Opinion

CityViews: As Mayor & Council Clash Over Fares, CUNY MetroCards Offer a Compromise

The Council backs a $212 million proposal for half-price MetroCards for poor families. Mayor de Blasio balks at the price-tag. Why not compromise on free transit for low-income community college…

ByTom Hilliard 3Comments

10

May 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Opinion Split at City Planning Commission Hearing on Proposed Inwood Rezoning

Some Planning Commission members expressed concerns during their questioning of city officials.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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May 2018

Housing and Homelessness Investigations

Nairobi Slum Dwellers Feel Let Down by the ‘Promised Land’

A scheme to replace shanties with newly constructed housing for the poor was undermined by bad economics and a lack of trust.

ByWacera Ngunjiri 1Comment

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Oct 2017

Uncategorized

Food Program for Poor Families Tries to Boost Breastfeeding Rates

Though breastfeeding rates are up statewide, only a tiny proportion of new mothers breastfeed without using formula in many of New York City’s low-income communities. WIC is trying to change…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Sep 2017

Uncategorized

Artists in NYC’s Low-Income Neighborhoods Push City to Deliver on Arts Equity

They hope the implementation of CreateNYC – the city’s first cultural plan – will foster a more equitable citywide art scene and address the labor, affordability and professional development needs…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Apr 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Is it Time for a Housing Plan Reset?

In this op-ed, a veteran low-income housing developer says an ‘impending tsunami’ of federal budget cuts must force a rethink of Mayor de Blasio’s housing and zoning vision.

ByHarry DeRienzo 6Comments

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May 2016

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Criticism Mounts as City Holds Another Round of Tax-Lien Sales

It’s been the city’s practice for two decades to sell property-tax debts to a private trust, generating revenue for the city and for investors—but, advocates say, hurting low-income homeowners.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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