Housing and Homelessness
NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 19-27
Mariam Hydara |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
nyc rezonings
Gowanus Task Force Aims to Hold City Accountable to Rezoning Pledges
David Brand |
A dedicated task force and newly selected facilitator will be empowered to hold the city and private developers accountable to more than 50 “points of agreement” drafted to secure final support for the Gowanus transformation plan, which included a pledge to fund nearby NYCHA repairs.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: We Need E-Bike Incentives, Not Bans
Rachel Weinberger and Melinda Hanson |
“We join many other New Yorkers, including Los Deliveristas, a social justice group that represents the estimated 65,000 delivery workers, and call on the city to find alternatives to a ban that protects NYCHA residents from fire hazards without impacting transportation access or imperiling the growth of this affordable and sustainable mobility option.”
Health and Environment
NYCHA Pledges $200 to Riis Households In Wake of Botched Arsenic Alert
David Brand |
Riis residents who have spoken with City Limits since the Sept. 2 incident, in which they were incorrectly told their taps may be contaminated, have described spending hundreds of dollars on prepared food and using food stamps to purchase packaged water. Several said they visited their doctors to undergo blood testing, while parents said they have continued to use bottled water to bathe their babies and young children.
Mapping the Future
NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 22-29
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: America’s Public Housing, As Told By Those Who Live There
Lisa Lee |
“The story of public housing has been engulfed by stereotypes and misconceptions. Facts have been distorted. Nuance has been lost. Residents’ real-life accounts have been reduced to tropes of exceptionalism or tragedy—or forgotten altogether.”
Housing and Homelessness
Arsenic Alarm Still A Drain on Riis Residents’ Routines and Resources
David Brand |
For tenants who have spoken with City Limits in recent days, the impact of the tainted tap warning still lingers, invading their routines and spurring them to spend money on water they used to confidently get for free from the faucet.
Health and Environment
Here’s How NYC Tenants Can Test Their Drinking Water
Liz Donovan and David Brand |
The discovery of arsenic in the water supply at NYCHA’s Jacob Riis Houses is a scary reminder of how little control most people have over their taps. While most of the water in New York City apartment buildings is perfectly potable, older plumbing can leach toxins, especially lead, during the final stretch from street to sink.
Health and Environment
City’s Public Advocate Decries ‘Uninhabitable’ NYCHA Conditions After 5-Borough Tour
Jeanmarie Evelly |
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.
Housing and Homelessness
NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 25- 31
David Brand |
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
