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The social housing proposals, known together as the Community Land Act, are the latest attempt to create affordable housing by removing real estate from the speculative market.

ByTareq Saghie 6Comments

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Jun 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness

Does That Building Have Stabilized Apartments? It’ll Soon Be Easier to Know

The City Council’s just-passed “Rent Transparency Act” will require landlords of buildings with regulated units to display a sign in common areas disclosing that status. “Many tenants living in rent…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 7Comments

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May 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Land Use and Development Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, May 26-June 2

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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May 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Labor Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Build a City for People, Not Developers

“What’s really on the line here isn’t paperwork—it’s power. Without member deference, decisions about what gets built and where shift away from accountable elected leaders and into the hands of…

ByPaul Capurso 0Comments

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May 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Housing Calendar Land Use and Development Resources

NYC Housing Calendar, May 12-19

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

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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May 2025

Government Land Use and Development Opinion Politics Resources

Opinion: The City Charter Has Shaped NYC for Over a Century—Speak Up!

“We need even more voices, from every borough and background, to help shape this charter review.”

ByMike Racioppo 0Comments

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May 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Politics

Pro-Israel Donors Gave Thousands to South Bronx and East Harlem Candidates

Despite the South Bronx-East Harlem district being one of the poorest in the city, big-money donors based in Manhattan and Westchester County have invested thousands of dollars in the district’s…

ByMarina Samuel

ByKennedy Sessions 0Comments

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May 2025

Economy Featured Immigration Labor

NYC Officials Back More Street Vendor Permits, But Resist Lifting Longtime Cap

For decades, the number of street vendors has far exceeded the number of permits that allow them to set up shop on New York City streets. A City Council bill…

ByDaniel Parra 4Comments

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May 2025

Economy Labor Land Use and Development Opinion Transportation

Opinion: A Balanced Approach to Street Vending

“In a time when immigrants and workers are targeted by executive orders at both the city and federal levels, it is crucial that the New York City Council do everything…

ByPierina Ana Sanchez 2Comments

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May 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Here’s Where Affordable Housing Was Built Last Year—& Where It Wasn’t

In 2024, City Councilmember Chris Banks’ Brooklyn District, which includes East New York, Brownsville and East Flatbush, saw the greatest number of income-restricted apartments built: 1,439. Meanwhile, two districts in…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 6Comments

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