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March toward good cause eviction continues in Poughkeepsie
As statewide tenant organizers announce their legislative agenda, another upstate city approved new tenant protections.
Housing
New York requests nearly $1 billion in additional Emergency Rental Assistance funds
The request comes as the state has spent nearly all of the $2.4 billion in funds that it initially received.
Housing
Will the SoHo/NoHo rezoning help or harm Chinatown? Depends who you ask.
Opponents and proponents can’t agree on anything really – including where Chinatown’s borders are.
Housing
Progressives score another upstate win on good cause eviction
Newburgh has become the latest city to adopt the tenant protections which have stalled at the state level.
Housing
Illegal evictions are rising across the state, but landlords rarely face consequences
There’s a growing trend of landlords changing locks and shutting off utilities to get tenants out without going to court, tenant organizers say.
Opinion
NYCHA needs big money for major progress
Here’s why the federal government should double the amount allocated in the American Jobs Plan for public housing to $80 billion and help bring much-needed change to the housing authority in New York City.
Housing
How do you make underground apartments safer? Many legislators and housing advocates say legalize them.
Though recent events have thrust the issue to the forefront, advocates have been working on the issue of expanding cellar and basement housing units for decades.
Housing
State lawmakers reach a deal to extend the eviction moratorium
Landlords and tenants both have reasons to like the proposed changes to a state housing relief program.
Opinion
The pandemic’s affordable housing opportunity
New York City should retrofit stores, offices and hotels to address the housing shortage.
Housing
Lawmakers are extending eviction moratorium the easy way
A quick deal gives Democratic lawmakers four more months to figure out how to avoid a potential tidal wave of residential and commercial evictions.
Michael Gianaris
How will New York convert unused buildings into housing?
Lawmakers are ironing out the details on a plan to renovate office buildings and hotels. It’ll cost much more than what they’ve set aside.
Housing
Dueling proposals to convert commercial properties into housing
The plan is enmeshed in state budget negotiations, with a gap between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris.
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Rent hardship declarations spike
The number of renters suffering hardships due to COVID-19 and seeking moratoriums on their rent through May 1, has more than tripled.
Opinion
How the state can make suburbs affordable
New proposals represent progress on suburban affordable housing, but are insufficiently ambitious.
New York City
How COVID-19 has highlighted housing issues
Understanding the tenants’ rights movement.
Housing
NYC’s reluctance to end contracts with notorious nonprofits
The New York Times’ bombshell report about one of the city’s biggest homeless shelter providers points to its inability to hold shelter operators accountable for their troubling behavior.
Housing
Renters, landlords both say the new eviction moratorium isn’t enough
The new law is a temporary patch until lawmakers find a real solution.
Housing
The push for new tenant protections gains traction in Albany
Lawmakers and activists say a new eviction moratorium is the first step in a wider 2021 effort.
New York City
