Mapping the Future
New York City Housing Calendar, Aug 3-10
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.
Housing and Homelessness
New York’s New NYCHA Laws Aim to Hold Agency Accountable
David Brand |
The measures, signed Tuesday by Gov. Kathy Hochul, will force NYCHA to create a searchable online database of work tickets and task city agencies with making public housing code violations public.
Housing and Homelessness
New York City Housing Calendar, July 20-27
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.
Government
After Slow Start, NYC Issues Thousands of Federal Housing Vouchers
David Brand |
The city has distributed 91 percent of the roughly 7,800 new emergency housing vouchers (EHVs) they received last May—a dramatic increase since March, when they had issued less than a third of the total. Now comes the hard part: helping recipients use the subsidies to actually lease an apartment.
Government
Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say
David Brand |
Eric Adams’ “Housing Our Neighbors” blueprint is missing key details about how to track and accomplish its broad goals, according to critics. City officials pledged to include the updated benchmarks in a revised Mayor’s Management Report (MMR), an annual assessment of municipal agency performance over the previous fiscal year.
gun rights
No Loud Music. No Smoking. No Guns. Can NYC Landlords Ban Firearms?
David Brand |
The Supreme Court’s recent decision could turn the Meatpacking District into the Heat-packing District by allowing an untold number of New Yorkers to carry guns outside their homes. But what about inside their homes? In a city where about two-thirds of residents are renters, can a private landlord prohibit a tenant from keeping a gun inside their apartment?
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Preservation Trust Finally Gives NYCHA Residents a Seat at the Table
Barbara McFadden |
“For the first time in public housing history, residents will be able to vote on what happens at their individual developments and be involved in selecting the vendors who renovate their homes.”
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYCHA’s ‘Public Housing Preservation Trust’ Is A Farce of Resident Engagement
Marquis Jenkins, James Rodriguez and Aixa Torres |
“Just this year alone, public budgets allocated billions of dollars in federal spending for military intervention abroad, the state subsidy of a billionaire’s football stadium in Buffalo, and even over a billion dollars in city funding for the PACT conversions of public housing to private management companies rather than for public housing itself.”
Government
New York’s Legislative Session Ends, With Mixed Results on Housing. Here’s What Passed & What Didn’t
Jeanmarie Evelly, David Brand and Liz Donovan |
What exactly did state lawmakers do before starting their nearly seven-month break? Here’s a rundown.
Housing and Homelessness
Fate of 25,000 NYCHA Apartments in the Balance as End of Legislative Session Nears
David Brand |
Proposed legislation would allow NYCHA to transfer 25,000 apartments into a publicly owned trust with the power to issue bonds and borrow money for addressing desperately-needed capital repairs. Supporters say it’s the only real shot to drum up the funds in lieu of substantive federal aid. But many public housing tenants are opposed or skeptical of the plan.
