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Mar 2019

Embrace it? Channel it? Or Try to Stop It Altogether?
Two Bridges is Divided Over Responding to Change

Concerns about tenant harassment, rising rents and sudden neighborhood change frame the intense debate about the proposed development of three buildings along the East River in Two Bridges.

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Feb 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Tenant Organizations Ramping Up Push to Strengthen and Expand Rent Laws

While it seems almost certain the rent laws will be tightened it’s less sure that the geographic reach of the laws will be expanded.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Feb 2019

Housing and Homelessness

What Does the City’s Eviction Data Really Mean?

The number of evictions has dropped again, but some areas were still hit hard.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Nov 2018

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Video

Video: Brooklyn Minister Says What NYCHA Needs Most is City Hall Leadership

Rev. David Brawley, a leader of Brooklyn NYCHA tenants pressing the mayor for answers, says a lack of trust will hamper many of the initiatives the authority has announced as…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2018

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Power Outages Plague Exasperated NYCHA Residents

The precarious electrical situation at the Jackson Houses, which are home to 2,357 people, has led to chronic power outages that trap people in elevators and send over-heated residents to…

ByGaspard Le Dem 0Comments

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Oct 2018

Housing and Homelessness

Report: ‘Bad Landlords’ are Few in Number but Destructive in Impact

According to research out today from the Regional Plan Association, what amounts to a handful of bad landlords is responsible for a vast amount of the city’s poor housing and…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jun 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Why I Voted for a New York City Rent Freeze

This week, the Rent Guidelines Board approved the biggest hike in one-year, rent-stabilized leases of the de Blasio era. Here’s how one Board member explained her ‘no’ vote.

ByLeah Goodridge 1Comment

13

Jun 2018

Opinion Uncategorized

CityViews: How Gov. Cuomo Helped My Landlord Raise My Rent

‘Cuomo faces a stark choice: he can either keep doing the bidding of landlords, or he can finally stand up for tenants, helping us stay in New York, the place…

ByNorma Jones 4Comments

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May 2018

NYCHA Opinion

CityViews: NYCHA’s New Leadership Must Rethink Plans to Develop Private Housing

‘NYCHA is pushing the project forward without listening to us and in violation of our rights under federal law.’

ByIsabelle Davis

ByGeraldine Lawrence

ByKaren Leader

ByPaula Segal 3Comments

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May 2018

Housing and Homelessness Investigations NYCHA

Group Assisting NYCHA Tenant Leaders has a New Name but a Long History

At-Risk Community Services, the nonprofit advising the Citywide Council of Presidents in its dealings with the mayor, Council and governor, was only founded in November. But its parent organization has…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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