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A joint City Council hearing Tuesday tackled a multiyear bribery scandal that affected more than 100 developments across the city. “These charges are unacceptable and robbed the residents of NYCHA…

ByTatyana Turner 2Comments

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Feb 2024

Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar NYCHA Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 26-March 3

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Legal Aid Sues Mayor Adams Over Inaction on Rental Voucher Reforms

The proposed class action suit was filed in New York State Supreme Court on behalf of four New Yorkers who say they should be eligible for CityFHEPS, but are closed…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Jan 2024

Government Justice Opinion

Opinion: Unearthing the NYPD’s Secrets

“We need transparency to deter government abuses of these dangerous technologies and hold governments accountable when they break the law. Yet, many government agencies, including NYPD, refuse to provide this…

ByEvan Enzer 2Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Politics

As Shelter Deadlines for Families With Children Near, Lawmakers Press Eric Adams to End ‘Cruel’ Policy

“We have already witnessed the harm that 30-day limits have inflicted on adult migrants without children, who have either had to sleep on the streets indefinitely while reapplying for housing…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

City to Limit the Use of Criminal Background Checks in Screening Tenants

The Fair Chance for Housing Act, passed by the City Council Wednesday, will limit the extent to which landlords, real estate brokers and other entities can factor in past convictions…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Labor Transportation

Lawmakers Seek More Changes to NYC’s Street Vending Rules

Two years after the passage of Local Law 18—intended to overhaul street vending regulations and add hundreds of additional licenses to the market each year—councilmembers are weighing another package of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Dec 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

Plan to House Formerly-Incarcerated Inches Forward in the East Bronx

The “Just Home” proposal to house seriously ill people leaving jail cleared one of its final procedural hurdles at a heated public hearing, where locals repeatedly testified that they feared…

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Dec 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration Politics

‘His One Move is to Cut’: Adams Admin in Hot Seat Over Budget Strategy

While New York City must propose a balanced budget in January for the coming fiscal year, some say Adams’ approach to closing the gap—multiple rounds of budget cuts across most…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

Tracking NYC’s Record-High Homeless Shelter Population

With additional city agencies now providing more emergency lodging than ever before in a system that officials say is at a breaking point, monitoring the total number of people in…

ByAdrian Nesta

ByEmma Whitford