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.
Funding sought in this year’s budget, alongside updated eligibility criteria, could increase housing options for New Yorkers cycling between jail and shelter.
Amid a steep rise in people living in shelter, few are exiting the system, and even fewer are finding housing, a City Limits analysis of public data shows.
Las familias serán elegibles para un pago suplementario este otoño si recibieron el Empire State Child Credit cuando presentaron sus declaraciones de impuestos de 2023. Sin embargo, los expertos dicen que la fórmula utilizada para calcular los pagos no es equitativa y excluye a las familias de ingresos más bajos de obtener el crédito máximo.
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.
A Crown Heights building in limbo could inspire more landlords to deregulate through demolition—or more tenants to fight to stay in their homes.
Community-based organizations are primed and ready to help New Yorkers deal with extreme weather events but say they need more robust communication, engagement, and financial resources from the city. “This is about long-term cultivation of capacity at the street level,” said Rebecca Bratspies, director of CUNY Law’s Center for Urban Environmental Reform. “And we need it because we’re going to be facing this over and over again.”
La ley federal protege los derechos a la educación de los niños y jóvenes menores de 21 años sin hogar y establece que los jóvenes adultos deben ser matriculados inmediatamente en la escuela, pero la ciudad no está cumpliendo este requisito, dicen los defensores.
Federal law that protects the educational rights of homeless children and youth under 21 says young adults should be enrolled in school immediately, but the city is not meeting this requirement, advocates say. They report newly arrived immigrant youth being placed on waiting lists, told there are no spaces, or advised to take the General Educational Development (GED) high school equivalency test instead.
As a bill that aims to drastically cut the use of plastic packaging gains momentum in Albany, the chemical industry has increased spending to stop it, pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into the effort.
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