Bronx
Command and Decontrol: The Movement For Repeal
Karen Loew |
Affordable housing advocates are working hard to convince state senators it’s high time to preserve rent-stabilized apartments.
Manhattan
Will Feds Get Behind A National 'CEO' Approach?
Casey Samulski |
Mayor Bloomberg proposes extending his signature poverty-fighting measures nationwide.
Economy
CITY LIMITS INVESTIGATES: PUBLIC HOUSING'S STRUGGLE
Jarrett Murphy |
The new issue of ‘CLI’ looks at the complicated past, troubled present and uncertain future of the nation’s oldest and largest system of public housing.
Economy
Chapter 4: High Hopes, Steep Challenges for NYCHA
Jarrett Murphy |
The Bible reading during the Mass near the empty NYCHA complex was apropos. “Like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it,” the passage from I Corinthians read. “But each one must be careful how he builds upon it.”
Housing and Homelessness
Chapter 3: Suddenly, No One Wanted to Pay for Public Housing
Jarrett Murphy |
For the past six years the funding from the federal government has fallen far short time and again. And the city and state have also stopped their annual support for the system.
Health and Environment
Workfare Isn't Working, Advocates Insist To City
Matt Schwarzfeld |
But the city welfare agency says it’s doing as well as possible under federal welfare rules.
Bronx
HPD Boss Leaves; City Policy At Crossroads
Jarrett Murphy |
Commissioner Shaun Donovan’s departure to Washington comes as the city’s affordable housing plan faces steep challenges.
Community Service Society of New York
Tighter Credit's Been A Boon For Mitchell-Lama
Rachel Nielsen |
In this market, fewer owners can get the cash needed to exit the affordable housing program.
Bronx
NYCHA Propels New Development Process
Chris Narducci |
When one of the city’s biggest landowners starts selling land to raise money, the public review process for new development matters.
Bronx
FRIENDS MOURN 'SCHOLAR ACTIVIST'
Karen Loew |
Those whose lives were touched by NYU Prof. Walter Stafford remember him fondly following his death this month.
