Adi Talwar
First person disembarking the first of three buses that arrived from Texas at Port Authority in Midtown Manhattan on Aug. 10, 2022.
In a new state court filing, the Adams administration is requesting authority to suspend the bulk of a 1981 decree that ensures shelter access for single adults.
“It is crucial that Gov. Hochul sign all three bills as soon as possible. The longer the governor delays, the more units will be taken out of New York’s rent stabilization system—and the less affordable New York will become.”
De las seis personas con las que City Limits habló sobre sus recientes búsquedas, solo una ha podido encontrar y alquilar una habitación; otra le paga a una compañera de trabajo para dormir en un sofá, y el resto se aloja en espacios atiborrados con amigos o conocidos.
“They knew it was going to rain Friday,” said Cynthia Tibbs, the tenant association president at NYCHA’s West Side Urban Redevelopment (WSUR) brownstones, where ceilings in three apartments collapsed following the heavy downpour. “This is a NYCHA problem where you don’t make sure your workers have all drains cleared and all leaves out of gutters.”
The saga of The Windermere, though unique in many respects, is emblematic of why the city’s need for deeply affordable housing and the interests of many for-profit owners and developers will never fully align.
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