Housing and Homelessness
NYC Housing Calendar, May 7-13
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Ending the Jury Ban on New Yorkers with Felony Convictions
Rob DeLeon |
“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.”
Health and Environment
Rain, Rain, Go Away. New York Kids Are Trying to Play.
Aria Young, Feet in 2 Worlds |
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.
Citywide
NYCHA to Cut Unarmed Security Program at Senior Buildings
Tatyana Turner |
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.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: The Hidden Consequences of the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act
Daniel O'Donnell |
“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.”
Government
NYCHA Tenants Sue Over Early Exclusion From State Pandemic Rent Relief
Tatyana Turner and Jeanmarie Evelly |
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.
Economy
NYC Stabilized Tenants Face Another Round of Rent Hikes
Emma Whitford |
In a swerve from precedent, the Rent Guidelines Board’s two tenant members dismissed Tuesday’s preliminary vote as a sham, casting a vote of no confidence in both the board and Mayor Eric Adams.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: New Immigrants and Asylum Seekers Can Help Revitalize Struggling NY Cities
Patricia A. Swann |
“Programs and policies to facilitate intra-state transfers of asylum-seekers would be a win-win, both for small cities that need an injection of people and economic drawing power, and for large cities that have traditionally been a magnet for immigrants and refugees, but are currently overwhelmed by the influx of new arrivals.”
Bronx
NYC Housing Calendar, April 30-May 6
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Bronx
Advocates, Lawmakers ‘Baffled’ By Exclusions in Basement Legalization Plan
Chris Janaro |
“I’m surprised, I’m baffled, I’m angry,” said City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, who represents East New York, where the city ran an earlier basement conversion pilot in 2019. The area is excluded from the new program, which will only apply to 15 of the city’s 59 community districts.
