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Five years after it was introduced, the City Council passed a revised version of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA, which supporters say will give mission-driven groups a…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 15Comments

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Dec 2025

2025 Elections Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: How New York’s Next Mayor Can Tackle Homelessness on Day 1

“Homelessness in New York won’t be solved by denial or tough love. We’ve tried those approaches, and they’ve all failed. The Mamdani administration has a choice: repeat the failures of…

ByKristin Miller 0Comments

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Oct 2025

Education Government Immigration Opinion

Opinion: Funding The First Step to Community-Led Change

“In philanthropy, scale is often talked about in millions of dollars. But the reality is that some of the most transformative projects in New York City start with much less.”

ByJulie L. Shapiro 1Comment

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Feb 2025

CLARIFY Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: NYC’s Contracting Crisis is Undermining Justice for All

“If the city fails to act this year, it will send an unmistakable message to public defenders and the New Yorkers they serve that their rights to due process, family…

ByJuval O. Scott

ByBabatunde Aremu 0Comments

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Jul 2024

News

City Limits Appoints Gary Clemons as Next Executive Director

Clemons is an accomplished non-profit executive with a deep passion for effecting change in the lives of marginalized communities.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Economy Government Opinion Politics

Opinion: Mayor’s Budget Dance Leaves Nonprofits–and New Yorkers–in the Lurch

“Too many nonprofits are waiting on money owed by the same city that tells nonprofits to prepare to do more with less, again and again.”

ByShekar Krishnan

ByChai Jindasurat-Yasui 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Housing and Homelessness Labor Opinion

Opinion: For a More Equitable Supportive Housing Workforce, Promote From Within

“Black New Yorkers are disproportionately affected by homelessness, making up 58 percent of shelter residents; 80 percent of the workers caring for these individuals are women of color, yet the…

ByChinetta Mitchell

ByChandra Redfern 0Comments

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Oct 2023

Economy Government NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: How Philanthropy Can Help Drive Public Policy Solutions

“Philanthropy can be a linchpin, capable of bringing together the public sector’s authority and agenda-setting power and the private sector’s financial resources and dynamism. This was the clear lesson learned…

BySam Marks 0Comments

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May 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Groups Tell Speaker Adams: Time is Now for ‘Social Housing’ Bills

Albany’s inaction has made it more urgent for the council speaker to help pass a package of bills aimed at boosting the supply of homes accessible to, and controlled by,…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Dec 2022

Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

City Limits Expands Housing Coverage with New Beat Focused on NYCHA

City Limits News announced Friday the launch of a new reporting beat focused exclusively on the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), the country’s largest public housing community.