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The length of time it takes NYCHA to rent out available apartments has climbed in recent years, one of many factors exacerbating the city’s affordable housing crisis, lawmakers say. “They…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6Comments

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Feb 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 2-9

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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Jan 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 19-26

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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Jan 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 5-11

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 2Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens

The Human Resources Administration (HRA) is promptly processing just 46.3 percent of applications for SNAP benefits, commonly known as food stamps, the agency told councilmembers at a committee hearing on…

ByDavid Brand

ByMariam Hydara 7Comments

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 8-15

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

ByDavid Brand

ByMariam Hydara 1Comment

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Dec 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development Politics

NYC Needs Thousands of Apartments for the Formerly Incarcerated. 50 Face Furious Opposition

“Just Home”—a NYC Health + Hospitals (HHC) plan to convert an empty staff residence on the Jacobi Hospital campus into supportive housing for a few dozen people with serious medical…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Nov 2022

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Won Greenlights 3,200-Unit Astoria Development, Paving Way for Council Approval

The latest version of the Innovation Qns plan features 1,436 income-restricted apartments, around 45 percent of the total. “We have set a new precedent for building affordable housing on private…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Nov 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Building in Bushwick? Councilmember Lays Out Priorities for Rezonings

In a document issued Monday, Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez laid out her priorities for any new development that requires changes to the zoning code in one of the city’s most intense…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion Transportation

Opinion: E-bike Battery Regulation Isn’t Anti-immigrant or Anti-worker. It’s Common Sense.

“We aren’t helping delivery workers by forcing them to charge unsafe, unregulated equipment in their apartments. We need more regulation to protect these hard-working riders and their neighbors, not less.”

ByBaruch Herzfeld 0Comments

Wait Times for NYCHA Apartments Doubled Last Year, As Number of Vacant Units Climb

NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 2-9

NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 19-26

NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 5-11

Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens

NYC Housing Calendar, Dec. 8-15

NYC Needs Thousands of Apartments for the Formerly Incarcerated. 50 Face Furious Opposition

Won Greenlights 3,200-Unit Astoria Development, Paving Way for Council Approval

Building in Bushwick? Councilmember Lays Out Priorities for Rezonings

Opinion: E-bike Battery Regulation Isn’t Anti-immigrant or Anti-worker. It’s Common Sense.

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