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The NYC Neighborhoods Leading, and Lagging, on Affordable Housing
“The reality is that we have a housing crisis, but the South Bronx cannot bear the burden of affordable housing on its own,” said Councilmember Rafael Salamanca, whose district produced the greatest number of affordable units last year and over the past decade. “We need all 51 council districts to do their fair share.”
Opinion: Correcting Racial Injustices in New York’s Legal System—And Beyond
“While from time to time, our system does hold people of wealth, power, and/or influence accountable for their violations of the law, these kinds of cases do not represent the bulk, or even close to it, of the criminal prosecutions that take place here.”. There’s a telling anecdote that’s circulated...
City Limits Appoints Gary Clemons as Next Executive Director
Clemons is an accomplished non-profit executive with a deep passion for effecting change in the lives of marginalized communities. City Limits, New York City’s only newsroom devoted to covering housing and community development, announced the appointment Tuesday of Gary Clemons as the organization’s new executive director. Clemons comes to City Limits from Friends of the Children New York, where he was the executive director.
NYC Budget Closes Gap for NYCHA Senior Security Program
After weeks of negotiations, the unarmed security program that was poised to end on June 30 will continue. A security program that has provided an extra layer of protection for New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) senior tenants for a quarter century is here to stay. NYCHA, which has 55...
Advocates, Lawmakers Frustrated By Late City Hall Report on Homeless Encampment ‘Sweeps’
City Hall was supposed to begin reporting more details on how it removes homeless New Yorkers from public spaces, sharing data on where each sweep took place, the agencies involved, how many people were affected and the costs. But a month after the first due date, advocates and lawmakers are still waiting.
Opinion: NYC’s Budget Must Include Immigrants for the Success of Our City
“With legal services to obtain work authorizations, language access so they can navigate our government bureaucracy, childcare so they can go to work, and education so their kids can get on the pathway to future success, immigrant families will be able to contribute even more to our city.”. It’s been...
Opinion: NYC Can’t Solve Its Housing Crisis Without Addressing Voucher Discrimination
“Opening the Section 8 waitlist was huge, but it only addressed part of the problem—the city must invest more resources in addressing discrimination against voucher holders by increasing funding for the City Commission on Human Rights.”. When the waitlist for Section 8, otherwise known as the Housing Choice Voucher,...
Advocates Seek 11th-Hour Reversal of Adult Literacy Cuts, As Providers See Increased Demand
Days before New York City’s final budget for the next fiscal year is due, both advocates and City Council members are urging that funding be maintained to reach a similar number of students served in the fiscal year that is about to end on July 1. For New Yorkers...
Opinion: Book Banners Are Going After Libraries. But So Is New York City’s Mayor.
“Efforts to censor and prohibit books are not the same as municipal negotiations about library operating budgets. But they are not entirely unrelated either. Both are clear indications of how the value of public libraries and access to knowledge is under threat across America.”. In April 2022, in response to...
NYCHA Explains Newly Plugged-In Policy on E-Bikes and Scooters
Nearly four months in, NYCHA broke down its lithium-ion battery rules and the potential consequences for noncompliance. The New York City Housing Authority’s policies to prevent lithium-ion battery fires—and consequences for rule violators—came into sharper focus at a City Council hearing Monday. Acknowledging that its residents may...
Opinion: Physician Staffing Shortages Put NYC’s Public Health at Risk
“Physicians serving the city’s most vulnerable populations are not seeking extravagant salaries. Instead, we advocate for fair compensation to address the worsening shortages, ensuring the full staffing levels necessary to deliver the quality care that all New Yorkers deserve.”. Imagine waking up in New York City feeling sick. Where...
NYC Housing Calendar, June 25-July 1
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Opinion: Latino Voters Can Play Key Role in the Outcome of New York’s Most Contested Primary Race
“It is clear through a number of recent public polls that Latinos are mainly concerned about economic matters—specifically, the cost of living, adequate wages, and affordable housing.”. No matter your politics, you’ll probably agree that the NY-16 congressional primary, pitting the incumbent Congressman Jamaal Bowman against Westchester County Executive...
City Moves to Resurrect Tax Breaks for Renovations, But Housing Stakeholders Are Split
The city’s lawmakers and housing agency seem poised to reintroduce and pass a more affordability-focused J-51 tax program to help fix up apartments—but some housing stakeholders are lukewarm on the prospect. Resurrected from the ashes of 2023’s otherwise failed state housing budget, the Adams administration and City Council...
As Presidential Election Nears, Advocates Renew Call for Poll Sites in NYC Jails
Voter education is one hurdle. But a bigger one, advocates say, is the cumbersome voting process itself for people behind bars. “There are impediments and obstacles that create real and serious concerns about the viability of an absentee ballot,” said Cesar Ruiz, associate counsel at LatinoJustice. With this...
Will New York’s ‘TREES’ Bill Finally Become Law?
A bill that aims to stop companies that have contracts with the state government from contributing to tropical deforestation failed to become law last year. Will the governor veto it again?. Over 150 international environmental organizations delivered a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday demanding that she sign New...
Opinion: Don’t Let Misconceptions Kill The Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act
“We don’t need to choose between landmarking and affordable housing. We can have both. I wrote this law to explicitly enshrine and protect existing landmarking processes across the state, protections I further strengthened in a recent amendment to the bill.”. With more than 100,000 New Yorkers in homeless shelters...
Migrants Detained by ICE in New York Stage Brief Hunger Strike Over End of Free Phone Calls, Conditions
The “free minutes” program dates back to early in the COVID-19 pandemic, when detention centers across the country closed their doors to visitors. “The phone calls are a lifeline to people in detention,” said Rosa Santana of Envision Freedom Fund. On the afternoon of June 6,...
Opinion: Let the Bronx Breathe—Address the Cross Bronx Expressway’s Impact on Asthma
“It is heartbreaking for us to see our patients struggling to breathe, knowing that their environment plays a role in their suffering—a factor beyond their control.”. Much of the media spotlight has focused on the adverse health consequences of climate change, but while well-documented, relatively less attention has been given to the negative health impacts of structural racism.
Homeless Drop-In Center Mainchance Gets Fresh Chance to Fight Closure
A state judge has agreed to hear arguments in late July, protecting the Midtown East site at least temporarily beyond the city’s planned June 30 contract termination. Mainchance, a drop-in homeless center in Midtown East, will maintain its funding at least a few weeks beyond June 30—when the city planned to terminate it—while a state court judge considers a lawsuit arguing that ending the facility’s contract would be “premature and baseless.”
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