Government
City Limits Announces Two Additions to its Reporting Staff
Jeanmarie Evelly |
The nonprofit newsroom expands staff to support its in-depth reporting on New York City housing issues, and launches a new beat focused exclusively on NYCHA.
Government
Tensions Over Conditions at Emergency Shelters as NYC Struggles to House Migrants
Daniel Parra |
For weeks, City Limits has been speaking to people sheltered at two of the city’s Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers, or HERRCs: one at The ROW Hotel and another at The Watson Hotel in Manhattan, where adult men were recently transferred out and relocated to a congregate facility at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in Red Hook.
Economy
NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 25-Feb. 1
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: City’s Homeless Count Misses a Critical Population—Unhoused New Yorkers in Hospitals
Bonnie Mohan and Tess Sommer |
“The city’s annual census–known as the Homeless Outreach Population Estimate (HOPE)–has served as a tool for measuring our progress toward ending street homelessness. However, HOPE misses a critical component of NYC’s ecosystem: hospitals. By ignoring this population segment, the city underestimates the true number of unhoused individuals.”
Economy
NYC’s Homeless Shelter Population Ballooned in 2022. How Will Leaders Address the Crisis This Year?
Jeanmarie Evelly |
Thursday night, the same day Mayor Eric Adams unveiled a preliminary budget focused on “fiscal discipline” and two days after Gov. Kathy Hochul laid out her priorities for the year ahead in her State of the State speech, 70,525 people slept in a New York City Department of Homeless Services (DHS) shelter.
Government
NYC Housing Calendar, Jan. 12-18
Jeanmarie Evelly |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Governor Hochul’s State of Housing
Jumaane Williams |
“As Gov. Kathy Hochul is set to deliver the speech that could define her first full term, she has an opportunity to set a path of real progress on housing. But she will have to break the patterns of past leadership—and her own first year in office.”
Economy
NYC’s Floundering ‘Right to Counsel’ Fails to Keep Pace With Eviction Cases
Frank Festa and Annie Iezzi |
The city’s trailblazing program guaranteeing legal representation to the city’s poorest tenants facing eviction has been falling short since the state eviction moratorium was lifted last year; many still face housing court alone. State officials told City Limits the program has declined more than 10,000 cases since March 2022.
Economy
New York City, 2022: A Year in Photos
Jeanmarie Evelly and Adi Talwar |
As 2022 comes to a close, City Limits looks back at images that defined some of New York City’s biggest news stories and most pressing policy issues.
Health and Environment
City Limits’ Most-Read Housing Stories in 2022
Jeanmarie Evelly, Mariam Hydara and David Brand |
It’s been an eventful year in New York City housing. Mayor Eric Adams launched a new plan for housing production and a controversial approach to street homelessness. At the same time, the city’s homeless shelter population reached historic highs this year, fueled in part by an increase in migrants from the southern border and by soaring rent costs, including the biggest price hike for rent-stabilized apartments in nearly a decade.
