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Clean sidewalks. More afterschool programs. A much-anticipated rent freeze. For months, City Limits has been talking with New Yorkers about what they want the new mayor to prioritize. Here’s what…

ByAdi Talwar

ByJeanmarie Evelly 1Comment

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Nov 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Resources

The Election’s Number One Issue, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The race became about who belongs in New York—and who can afford to stay in it.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 6Comments

04

Nov 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Politics Profiles

How New Yorkers Say They Voted And Why

This election has been defined, in part, by debate over how to address the city’s escalating affordability crisis, especially in the face of federal funding cuts.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByKeke Grant-Floyd

ByMariana De Jesús-Szendrey

ByPatrick Spauster 3Comments

04

Nov 2025

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Election Day is Here. Do You Have a Plan to Vote?

“NYCVOTES.org is home to a comprehensive list of all the candidates and proposals that will be on your ballot,” the authors write. “While New Yorkers are voicing their concerns at the…

ByJadel Munguia

ByJuan Rosa 0Comments

17

Oct 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Resources

Mayoral Hopefuls Debate a Rent Freeze, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The three candidates running for New York City mayor faced off in their first general election debate Thursday night. Here’s what they said about rents for stabilized tenants, building affordable…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 5Comments

16

Oct 2025

2025 Elections Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Next Mayor’s Real Test? Ending New York’s Homelessness Crisis

“The next mayor will undoubtedly hear plenty from the business community about their priorities. But New York’s homeless population deserves a voice in City Hall that’s just as loud and…

ByPerry Perlmutter 2Comments

15

Oct 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: What We Can Learn From the First Poll of Latino Voters in NYC’s Mayoral Race

“The findings provide some clues as to why a plurality of Latino voters supported Zohran Mamdani in the primary, and why they remain supportive as he heads into this last…

ByEli Valentin 0Comments

15

Aug 2025

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics Resources

Cuomo’s Plan to Means-Test Rent Stabilized Apartments, And What Else Happened This Week In Housing

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

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Aug 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics Transportation

Opinion: Radical Municipalism Offers New York a Path Forward

“Instead of a society organized around enabling corporate profits and giving the market an outsized power over our lives, a government grounded in the theory of radical municipalism addresses the…

ByChaumtoli Huq 0Comments

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Jul 2025

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

Zohran Mamdani Made Inroads With NYCHA Voters, First-Round Ballots Show

Among the usually moderate public housing voters who helped power Eric Adams to the mayoralty, Zohran Mamdani outperformed expectations in last month’s Democratic primary. The poll site at NYCHA"s Pelham…

ByPatrick Spauster 2Comments

What New Yorkers Told Us They Want Mayor Mamdani To Do

The Election’s Number One Issue, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing

How New Yorkers Say They Voted And Why

Opinion: Election Day is Here. Do You Have a Plan to Vote?

Mayoral Hopefuls Debate a Rent Freeze, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

Opinion: The Next Mayor’s Real Test? Ending New York’s Homelessness Crisis

Opinion: What We Can Learn From the First Poll of Latino Voters in NYC’s Mayoral Race

Cuomo’s Plan to Means-Test Rent Stabilized Apartments, And What Else Happened This Week In Housing

Opinion: Radical Municipalism Offers New York a Path Forward

Zohran Mamdani Made Inroads With NYCHA Voters, First-Round Ballots Show

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