Neighborhoods Archives : City Limits

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Real New Yorkers Embrace Diversity and Community

Jackson Chabot | November 12, 2024

“If we don’t pass City of Yes—a common sense set of policies that encourage housing production and prioritize people over cars—we will let the unreasonable and provincial mindset vocalized by Paladino win.”

Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media UnitCity Councilmember Vickie Paladino at the public hearing held by the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises on Oct. 22. CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today! I moved to New York eight years ago, drawn here by the bustling sidewalks, the deep sense of community, and the world-class public space.

Government

Ask a Housing Expert: What Does 50 Years of Community Development Look Like?

Jeanmarie Evelly | October 10, 2024

The Association for Neighborhood Housing & Development, or ANHD—founded in the 1970s to reclaim the growing number of burned and abandoned apartment buildings across the city— turns 50 this year. City Limits sat down with Executive Director Barika Williams to talk about that work, and what’s ahead.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: NYC Needs Smart Growth & Affordability, Not Unchecked Hikes in Density

Corey B. Bearak, Michael Mallia and Bryan Block | September 16, 2024

“We believe that organic community-led development that ensures any necessary infrastructure upgrades—and, perhaps more importantly as a matter of public policy, housing affordability—is what we should strive for.”

Citywide

Tracking Community Boards’ Feedback on City of Yes for Housing

Jeanmarie Evelly, Chris Janaro and Subeksha Poudel | August 22, 2024

“I think those of us who have homes should think about those who don’t have homes,” Mayor Eric Adams said in a recent push for his housing plan. “Far too many New Yorkers can’t afford to live in the city and we don’t have the housing stock that we need.”

Government

NYC Housing Calendar, July 15-22

Jeanmarie Evelly | July 15, 2024

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

Government

By Next Century, Hundreds of Critical NYC Buildings Risk Frequent Flooding: Study

Mariana Simões | July 3, 2024

A report that projects the impact of sea level rise on the U.S coastline ranked New York as the ninth state with the most critical infrastructure at risk of flooding in 2050, and the sixth in 2100.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: NYC’s Budget Must Include Immigrants for the Success of Our City

Murad Awawdeh | June 28, 2024

“With legal services to obtain work authorizations, language access so they can navigate our government bureaucracy, childcare so they can go to work, and education so their kids can get on the pathway to future success, immigrant families will be able to contribute even more to our city.”

Citywide

NYC Housing Calendar, June 25-July 1

Jeanmarie Evelly | June 24, 2024

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

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Don’t Let Misconceptions Kill The Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act

Andrew Gounardes | June 21, 2024

“We don’t need to choose between landmarking and affordable housing. We can have both. I wrote this law to explicitly enshrine and protect existing landmarking processes across the state, protections I further strengthened in a recent amendment to the bill.”