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Throughout the five boroughs and across the rental market, apartment prices continue to surge, according to an analysis of nearly 390,000 listings over the past three years that online marketplace…

ByDavid Brand

ByMa-Sadio Faye

ByQuainat Mariam

ByManuel Lozano-Velez

ByNowshin Rahman

ByTiara Soto

ByJaelynn Jimenez 1Comment

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Sep 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Here’s How NYC Tenants Can Test Their Drinking Water

The discovery of arsenic in the water supply at NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses is a scary reminder of how little control most people have over their taps. While most of…

ByLiz Donovan

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Aug 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Comptroller Proposes Roadmap to Legalize NYC’s Basement Apartments

Brad Lander’s Basement Resident Protection Law would create a “basement board” to oversee the conversions and ensure residents of these apartments—called accessory dwelling units or ADUs—have access to tenants’ rights and…

ByLiz Donovan 4Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

So far this year, city marshals have executed at least 1,527 residential evictions, according to statistics maintained by the Department of Investigation (DOI). The true number of legal evictions is…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Podcasts Politics

City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent

The Stable Families Act builds off the massive pot of money that Congress sent to states and local governments to cover rent arrears for tenants who could not make payments…

ByDavid Brand 9Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Pressed for Shelter Space, NYC Turns to Notorious Landlords with Ties to Mayor’s Chief of Staff

Brothers Stuart and Jay Podolsky—long known for profiting off of poorly-maintained housing, and who are recent clients of Adams’ Chief of Staff Frank Carone—are leasing at least three of their…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Jul 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

‘It’s Like a Slum’: Supportive Housing Tenants Cope with Violation-Filled Homes. Provider Blames Underfunding

Postgraduate Center for Mental Health has $130 million in two cash reserves and steady funding from the state, but conditions inside the apartments it rents for low-income tenants continue to…

ByDavid Brand 34Comments

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

No Loud Music. No Smoking. No Guns. Can NYC Landlords Ban Firearms?

The Supreme Court’s recent decision could turn the Meatpacking District into the Heat-packing District by allowing an untold number of New Yorkers to carry guns outside their homes. But what…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: Preservation Trust Finally Gives NYCHA Residents a Seat at the Table

“For the first time in public housing history, residents will be able to vote on what happens at their individual developments and be involved in selecting the vendors who renovate…

ByBarbara McFadden 2Comments

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Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: NYCHA’s ‘Public Housing Preservation Trust’ Is A Farce of Resident Engagement

“Just this year alone, public budgets allocated billions of dollars in federal spending for military intervention abroad, the state subsidy of a billionaire’s football stadium in Buffalo, and even over…

ByMarquis Jenkins

ByJames Rodriguez

ByAixa Torres 0Comments

It’s Not Just Manhattan: Rents Are Still Rising Across NYC

Here’s How NYC Tenants Can Test Their Drinking Water

Comptroller Proposes Roadmap to Legalize NYC’s Basement Apartments

NYC Evictions Have Increased Every Month This Year

City Watch: Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Federal Rent Relief Permanent

Pressed for Shelter Space, NYC Turns to Notorious Landlords with Ties to Mayor’s Chief of Staff

‘It’s Like a Slum’: Supportive Housing Tenants Cope with Violation-Filled Homes. Provider Blames Underfunding

No Loud Music. No Smoking. No Guns. Can NYC Landlords Ban Firearms?

Opinion: Preservation Trust Finally Gives NYCHA Residents a Seat at the Table

Opinion: NYCHA’s ‘Public Housing Preservation Trust’ Is A Farce of Resident Engagement

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