The Adams Administration declined to send agency representatives to two City Council hearings, inflaming councilmembers who hoped to get answers about the administration’s response to Trump’s budget cuts and a…
The Board of Elections opted not to strike four housing and land use proposals from November’s general election ballot after the City Council claimed they were misleading voters.
“Sweeps, crackdowns, and mass hospitalizations may make homelessness less visible for a moment, but they don’t solve it. They just push suffering out of view—until it resurfaces again, often worse.”
The city’s latest budget includes funds to grow the number of apartments in the Justice-Involved Supportive Housing program (JISH) from 120 to 500. That expansion was among the commitments the…
“A person who is unhoused before incarceration is no less vulnerable after release. But our current policy treats time in jail as if it erases their homelessness. It doesn’t—it makes…
With homelessness at record highs, City Limits asked the candidates where they stand on shelters and housing vouchers, street and subway homelessness, and supportive housing.
Mayor Adams has committed to providing temporary housing to New Yorkers with severe mental illness, but the city needs more supportive SROs to prevent a worsening homelessness crisis.
"We must commit to a housing first model that focuses on workforce development and wraparound services. Why? Because we know it works and have for over a decade."
Chris Janaro…