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While the policy is handed down by the mayor, an array of New Yorkers—from everyday residents to top city officials to nonprofit service providers—play a role in recommending locations for…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Opinion

Opinion: This Budget Cycle, NYC Must Prioritize Funding for Parks

‘Let’s be clear: taking away resources from the Parks Department at a moment when the agency is still working hard to recover from another Covid-era budget cut in 2020 would…

ByAdam Ganser 0Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Under New Law, NYCHA Tenants Can Log Maintenance Complaints with 311. But Advocates Want More Substantial Changes

“It’s time to acknowledge that NYCHA residents are an integral part of the city. Like other tenants, they should be entitled to full access to the city’s code enforcement system,”…

ByDoug Turetsky 6Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness News Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Council’s New Housing Chair Wants Tougher Building Code Enforcement

“Although HPD and DOB are responding quickly to 311 complaints and sending out inspectors, there is a very troubling lag time and delay in terms of closure of these complaints,”…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

As NYC Considers Scrapping Tax Lien Sale, Land Trust Plan Gains Steam

The city’s controversial tax lien sale expires Monday. Absent legislation to create a new program or renew the existing one, a group of activists and elected officials have proposed abolishing…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Immigration Justice Politics

City Council Hearing Probes Conditions for ICE Detainees in New York

A possible COVID outbreak and a hunger strike at the Orange County Correctional Facility (OCCF) were two of the main topics Monday during the first meeting of the City Council’s…

ByDaniel Parra 1Comment

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Feb 2022

Government Opinion Transportation

Opinion: NYC Must Commit Public Funding to Expand Citi Bike

“In New York, bike share is our only mass transit network that does not receive public financial support. This limits where the system can expand, on what timeline, and how…

ByAmanda Farías

ByDanny Harris 9Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

“The failure that we’re experiencing is the result of decades of disinvestment of mental health services,” Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, who represents Greenwich Village, Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen, said during…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Queens Councilmember on Increasing Access to Mental Healthcare

“Access means a lot of different things, and language access is a huge part of it,” Councilmember Linda Lee, who now chairs the committee on mental health, told WBAI’s City…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Feb 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News Podcasts

City Watch: New Brooklyn Councilmember Wants to Streamline Housing Aid

“This comes down to the inefficiencies of government,” said Councilmember Crystal Hudson, who represents Brooklyn’s 35th District. “We need to create systems that work for people, not against them.”

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

Inside NYC’s Street Homeless Sweeps, Rapid Responses and Signs of Futility

Opinion: This Budget Cycle, NYC Must Prioritize Funding for Parks

Under New Law, NYCHA Tenants Can Log Maintenance Complaints with 311. But Advocates Want More Substantial Changes

City Watch: Council’s New Housing Chair Wants Tougher Building Code Enforcement

As NYC Considers Scrapping Tax Lien Sale, Land Trust Plan Gains Steam

City Council Hearing Probes Conditions for ICE Detainees in New York

Opinion: NYC Must Commit Public Funding to Expand Citi Bike

City Watch: Bottcher Urges City and State to Fund Treatment Beds to Address Mental Illness

City Watch: Queens Councilmember on Increasing Access to Mental Healthcare

City Watch: New Brooklyn Councilmember Wants to Streamline Housing Aid

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