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For many low-income and immigrant New Yorkers, an unregulated basement or cellar unit is all they can afford. While the city has made efforts to legalize underground apartments, like a…

ByConnor Patton 7Comments

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Apr 2025

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

‘Foot in the Door’: Funds to Kickstart State Rental Voucher Program Expected in Budget Deal

While lawmakers are still hammering out the details, the latest state budget is likely to include $50 million to create the long-sought Housing Access Voucher Program, which would help people…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 3Comments

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Apr 2025

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics

Tenant & Landlord Groups Both Support a Proposed State Housing Voucher. Why Hasn’t it Passed?

Supporters of the Housing Access Voucher Program say it’s needed now more than ever to curb rising homelessness, and as another federal rent subsidy is expected to run out of…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 14Comments

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Aug 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

New Yorkers See Uneven Improvement in Food Stamp, Cash Assistance Delays

“If you get cash assistance, you are caught up in really significant delays, in a way that you would not be if you were only receiving SNAP,” said Katie Kelleher…

ByJulia Goldberg

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Aug 2023

Education Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Graduating College is Hard Enough. Housing Insecurity Makes it Harder

“The Hope Center for College Community and Justice’s 2019 CUNY #RealCollege Survey found that 55 percent of students worry about where they will live, and 14 percent, or about 34,000…

ByLiz Krueger

ByAnn Shalof 0Comments

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Jul 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Setting the Record Straight on the Rent Guidelines Board Vote

“This was not a consensus choice. The mayor deliberately stacked the deck in favor of landlords and at the peril of tenants.”

ByAdán Soltren 1Comment

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Jun 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

1 in 5 Tenants at NYCHA’s Red Hook Houses Paid Miscalculated Rent: Audit

“If you charge someone less than what they’re supposed to be paying they might not shout about it quite as loudly,” said Comptroller Brad Lander, whose office conducted the review.…

ByTatyana Turner 0Comments

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May 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYC’s Stabilized Tenants Stare Down Further Rent Hikes, Recalling Bloomberg Era

The Rent Guidelines Board Tuesday voted in favor of rent hikes between 2 to 5 percent for a one-year lease and 4 to 7 percent for two-year leases. A final…

ByEmma Whitford 3Comments

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Apr 2023

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Justice

Harlem Tenant Threatened With Eviction Was Overcharged for Years Under Rent Rules, Court Docs Claim

Seventeen previously rent-stabilized apartments in Cristina Ramirez’s Harlem building haven’t been registered with the state since 2018. Her legal team says her case is illustrative of the need for greater…

ByDashiell Allen 3Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

NYCHA Residents Rally in Last-Minute Push for Rent Relief Funds From Albany

The rally comes after state lawmakers released budget proposals that include up to $389 million for public housing and Section 8 residents who were left out from the state’s pandemic-era…