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City’s Public Advocate Decries ‘Uninhabitable’ NYCHA Conditions After 5-Borough Tour

Jeanmarie Evelly | September 2, 2022

A new report from NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams details conditions he witnessed in public housing after visiting six NYCHA complexes earlier this year and speaking to tenants about mold and rodent infestations, leaks, broken fire exit doors, out-of-service elevators and heat and hot water outages. “I think folks sometimes don’t understand how bad those conditions are,” he told City Limits.

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

NYC Looks to Tackle Extreme Heat via City Streets and Urban Forests

Liz Donovan | September 1, 2022

A federally funded pilot program and a study in parks both seek mitigation strategies for urban heat islands—areas that experience higher temperatures due to heat-absorbing infrastructure and lack of access to features like greenery and bodies of water.

Housing and Homelessness

What You Need To Know: Resources for Recently Arrived Asylum Seekers in NYC

Daniel Parra and Mariam Hydara | August 31, 2022

The city estimates that around 7,600 asylum seekers have arrived via buses from the border in recent months. Many don’t know where to find food, clothing, and other services that are available, so City Limits has prepared this resource guide to help them navigate the city after talking to dozens of them.

City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York

Comptroller Proposes Roadmap to Legalize NYC’s Basement Apartments

Liz Donovan | August 29, 2022

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 basic safety protections. It comes a year after rains from Hurricane Ida killed 11 New Yorkers in basement units.

Health and Environment

Advocates Push to Center Youth Mental Health as New School Year Begins

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 29, 2022

At a virtual rally on Sunday, parents, young people and advocates in the city and across the state shared stories about the impact of the pandemic and renewed calls for elected officials to invest more in behavioral health programs and services for children and teens, which experts say have been underfunded for years and are now at a breaking point, with increased demand spurred by the coronavirus crisis.

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

42nd Street and 6th Avenues in Manhattan.

Opinion: Transit Riders Won Congestion Pricing. We Deserve To See It Happen

Danny Pearlstein | August 24, 2022

“With years of work, riders pried congestion pricing from a recalcitrant Albany. We intend to see the program fully and fairly rolled out next year. When congestion pricing is implemented, drivers will pay their equitable share to access the most heavily trafficked and transit adjacent neighborhoods in the United States.”

CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS

Opinion: Delivering New York’s Cannabis Promise as Licensing Begins

Justine Olderman, Desmon Lewis and Toni Smith-Thompson | August 23, 2022

“For these licenses to serve their purpose, individuals who were targeted for arrest and prosecution must be first in line and have access to non-predatory resources and legal support to help them build the generational wealth long denied by the War on Drugs.”

Podcast: El Diario Sin Límites

¿Qué sigue después de que la Corte Suprema permitiera poner fin al programa Permanecer en México?

Daniel Parra | August 22, 2022

Más de un mes después de que la Corte Suprema permitiera a la administración Biden poner fin al programa de los Protocolos de Protección al Migrante, mejor conocido como “Permanecer en México” o MPP por sus siglas, la administración Biden procede a dar de baja a los inmigrantes que todavía estaban inscritos en el MPP y con ello finalmente se empieza a desmantelar dicho programa.

2022 primary

WATCH: Dem. Candidates for Bronx State Senate Talk Shelter, Future of Kingsbridge Armory

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 18, 2022

The BronxTalk debate between 33rd District candidates State Sen. Gustavo Rivera and party-backed attorney Miguelina Camilo touched on a range of issues, from bail reform to what “progressive” really means to them.

Health and Environment

NYC Opens 6 Isolation Beds for Homeless Shelter Residents with Monkeypox

David Brand | August 17, 2022

People living in group settings, like homeless shelters, are at particular risk because of the higher likelihood for skin-to-skin contact and because the virus can spread through clothing, towels and bed sheets used by people with monkeypox, health officials say.

Jeanmarie Evelly | September 2, 2022

Liz Donovan | September 1, 2022

Daniel Parra and Mariam Hydara | August 31, 2022

Liz Donovan | August 29, 2022

Jeanmarie Evelly | August 29, 2022

Danny Pearlstein | August 24, 2022

Justine Olderman, Desmon Lewis and Toni Smith-Thompson | August 23, 2022

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David Brand | August 17, 2022

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