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Opinion: Clean Air Legislation Offers a Road to Justice for New York
“Passing this legislation before the end of the session allows legislators to implement a transformative emission reduction strategy, significantly improving air quality for their constituents, especially for communities living and working along bus routes and near bus depots.”. Our days are inundated with news of how our delayed response to...
Comptroller to Probe Legal Organization’s Housing Court Performance During Strike
Mobilization for Justice has been operating for more than 12 weeks without the workers who typically execute its mission to combat economic injustice—its more than 100 unionized staff. For more than 12 weeks running, the legal services provider Mobilization for Justice (MFJ) has been operating without the workers who...
Williams Pipeline Saga Ends, But the Fight to Phase Out Gas Continues
After three attempts to get permits for its pipeline project failed, Williams Companies Inc claims it’s walking away. But as other companies seek to expand fracked gas infrastructure in New York, activists say the fight feels far from over. Since 2017, environmental activists have been battling attempts to build...
Opinion: Albany Has Unfinished Business on Housing
“While increasing the housing supply is critical and has saturated most of the housing conversation, new housing will take years to come online. In the meantime, affordability is still a concern to many New Yorkers.”. Another state budget has come and gone, and renters are still facing the same problem:...
NYC Housing Calendar, May 14-20
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: It’s Well Past Time for New York City to Get the Right Stuff Done
“The city is becoming increasingly harsh for the very constituency the mayor claims to care about: the underserved in the forgotten outreaches of the city’s neighborhoods.”. Eric Adams has made “get stuff done” his mayoral mantra. And he’s right, there’s so much to do. But it’s not just a...
Try It Out: City Limits’ NYC ‘Good Cause’ Rent Calculator
Tenants who believe they may be covered by New York’s new Good Cause Eviction Law can plug in their current rent to see the maximum rent that would be deemed reasonable. Anything above that, the landlord could have to justify in court. When it comes to New York’s newly-minted...
Opinion: NYC Can Give the Perfect Gift This Mother’s Day—Investing in Universal Child Care
“It is easy to see how mothers are affected by the prohibitively expensive costs of child care, but perhaps less so to understand it as a communal crisis.”. As a researcher and a sociologist focused on class and child care in New York City, I am well aware of how our current system of expensive privatized care puts parents on the frontlines of the child care crisis.
Can Curbing CUNY’s Carbon Footprint Help Tackle Its Maintenance Problems?
More than half of CUNY’s buildings are 50 years old or older. That’s a problem for the environment: older buildings tend to consume larger quantities of energy, generating more of the greenhouse gasses that lead to climate change. What do the decaying buildings at the City University of...
Building in Brooklyn Council District 35? Here’s What the Rep—And Community Members—Want in New Development
Councilmember Crystal Hudson’s development framework details criteria that projects in her district should meet if they need city approval for zoning changes. “We can all contribute to the housing crisis that we’re in and build more housing, but do so in a way that’s really responsive to the needs of our local communities,” the lawmaker said.
Opinion: Securing the Future of New York’s Supportive Housing
“New York is a national model of supportive housing, which has been proven time and again to be among the most successful methods of ending chronic homelessness. But the system has grown unwieldy, thanks to the vast disparities in available services, funding, and unit maintenance.”. Members of the New York...
While State Budget Boosts Child Tax Credit, Advocates See Missed Opportunity to Combat Poverty
Families will be eligible for a supplemental payment this fall if they received the Empire State Child Credit when they filed 2023 tax returns. However, experts say the formula used to calculate payments is inequitable and excludes the lowest-income families from the maximum credit. The recent unveiling of the $237...
NYC Housing Calendar, May 7-13
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: Ending the Jury Ban on New Yorkers with Felony Convictions
“The right to serve on a jury is as fundamental to the function of democracy as the right to vote. When we head to the polls, we decide who should write our laws. When we participate as a juror, we collectively decide how those laws should apply to justice.”. May...
Rain, Rain, Go Away. New York Kids Are Trying to Play.
Across New York City, workers are tearing out concrete and asphalt from schoolyards and replacing them with rain-absorbing surfaces that are more climate resilient, according to reporting by Aria Young of Feet in 2 Worlds. This story comes to us from Feet in 2 Worlds, a project that brings the...
NYCHA to Cut Unarmed Security Program at Senior Buildings
Each day, unarmed security guards post at NYCHA senior buildings for eight hour shifts. But this service is poised to evaporate by June 30, a move the authority says will save $7 million. One of the main distinctions of senior-designated buildings within the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is...
Opinion: The Hidden Consequences of the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act
“Many faith-based institutions are stewards of historically significant sites that contribute to New York’s collective cultural heritage. The push towards developing these sites into apartment buildings…poses a threat to preserving this heritage.”. With New York facing a housing crisis, innovative solutions are undoubtedly necessary. However, not all solutions...
NYCHA Tenants Sue Over Early Exclusion From State Pandemic Rent Relief
The class action lawsuit, filed Tuesday on behalf of New York City public housing tenants left out of the state’s rental assistance program during the height of the pandemic, alleges the state’s distribution of the funds—for which these tenants received low priority—amounts to discrimination. Attorneys at...
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