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Speaker Julie Menin cancelled a budget handshake with Mayor Zohran Mamdani Friday after the two sides couldn’t agree on funding an expansion of the city’s housing voucher program, CityFHEPS.

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Jun 2026

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Rent Guidelines Board’s Historic Vote

The board took the unprecedented step of freezing rents on both one- and two-year lease renewals, fulfilling one of new Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s key campaign promises.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByAdi Talwar 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Homeless Youth Are Being Excluded, Yet Again. We Hoped for Better From Mayor Mamdani.

“CityFHEPS vouchers would give youth a real pathway out of homelessness, rather than forcing them into the adult homeless shelter system.”

BySebastien Vante 0Comments

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Jun 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

Pinnacle Tenants Bargain with New Owner Over Lingering Repair Issues—With Help From City Hall

The Mamdani administration claimed a partial victory when it got the new owner of 5,000 rent stabilized units to promise repairs and to clear housing code violations. It looks like…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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May 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Mayor’s Budget Plan Could Further Shrink City’s Housing Discrimination Enforcement

NYC’s Commission on Human Rights investigates landlords and real estate brokers who discriminate against rental voucher holders. The agency is already understaffed, sources say.

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

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May 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Mamdani’s Housing Plan To Overhaul How City Responds to Tenants’ Heat Complaints, Other Code Violations

The Mamdani administration will announce a series of reforms Tuesday to improve how the city enforces building violations, part of its broader plan to build and preserve new housing across…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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May 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice

Advocates Press for More ‘Right to Counsel’ Funds, As New Yorkers Facing Eviction Still Struggle to Get Legal Help

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s latest budget proposal includes a boost for the initiative, which connects low-income renters facing eviction with legal representation in housing court. But advocates say it’s not enough…

ByLuan Rogers 0Comments

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May 2026

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Land Use and Development NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, May 18-25

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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May 2026

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Closing the 3-to-5 Childcare Gap for New York’s Working Parents

“We need more afterschool spots, especially in under-resourced neighborhoods. We also need a unified early childcare and education system that bridges the gaps between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.”

ByTricia Davies 0Comments

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Apr 2026

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

Mayor Mamdani Goes to Housing Court, And What Else Happened This Week

In another signal that he intends to govern for the city’s tenant majority, administration officials stood with advocates calling for more resources to aid tenants in housing court. But they…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

City Budget Held Up Hold Over Housing Voucher Expansion

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Rent Guidelines Board’s Historic Vote

Opinion: Homeless Youth Are Being Excluded, Yet Again. We Hoped for Better From Mayor Mamdani.

Pinnacle Tenants Bargain with New Owner Over Lingering Repair Issues—With Help From City Hall

Mayor’s Budget Plan Could Further Shrink City’s Housing Discrimination Enforcement

Mamdani’s Housing Plan To Overhaul How City Responds to Tenants’ Heat Complaints, Other Code Violations

Advocates Press for More ‘Right to Counsel’ Funds, As New Yorkers Facing Eviction Still Struggle to Get Legal Help

NYC Housing Calendar, May 18-25

Opinion: Closing the 3-to-5 Childcare Gap for New York’s Working Parents

Mayor Mamdani Goes to Housing Court, And What Else Happened This Week

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