Immigration
Policy
Where are asylum-seekers living in New York City?
The city’s sprawling emergency shelter system for asylum-seekers includes higher concentrations in parts of Manhattan and Queens.
Policy
Policy
City Hall and Legal Aid Society settle right to shelter case
The temporary settlement will allow the city to limit adults’ shelter stays to 30 days.
New York City
Opinion
Opinion: Social housing is public safety
The “Homes Now, Homes for Generations” campaign will help build healthy communities where neighbors have strong ties to one another, which will reduce violence and harm.
Heard Around Town
Politics
New York City rent-stabilized apartment owners group launches podcast
The Community Housing Improvement Program’s executive director Jay Martin wants to chat about housing in the five boroughs.
Housing
Policy
City program to incentivize upgrades to rent stabilized apartments has just one applicant
The pilot program is just one way the city is trying to help get vacant units back on the market, city officials said at a City Council hearing on housing vacancies.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Those who live in NYCHA can put an end to its corruption
An argument for the creation of Resident Management Corporations to manage the nation’s largest public housing system.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s Note: Build affordable housing in the Penn Station neighborhood, not tennis courts and fashion runways
A proposal for a venue in the area that would host the U.S. Open and New York Fashion Week fails to address New York City’s greatest need.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Migrants report sleeping outside or on trains for days as they await shelter assignments
The city currently operates more than 200 shelters for recent arrivals.
Albany Agenda
Politics
Tenant advocates warn against watering down ‘good cause’ law
A coalition of upstate tenants, labor unions and community organizations are telling legislative leaders that “good cause” eviction must apply statewide.
Albany Agenda
Policy
REBNY report: New construction applications are down significantly
The developer group found that new housing projects have dropped off since a state tax break expired.
Albany Agenda
Personality
Maria Torres-Springer on why she’s ‘extremely grateful’ to Kathy Hochul
The New York City deputy mayor for housing said the governor has included all the city’s priorities in her budget proposal. The next hurdle is convincing lawmakers.
Editor's Note
Opinion
Editor’s note: It’s housing, stupid
New rental vacancy numbers should spur political leaders to act fast to build more units.
News & Politics
Politics
Rental housing vacancies in NYC hit historic low amid affordability crunch
The number of available apartments to rent in the five boroughs dropped to 1.4% of the total housing stock, the lowest since 1968.
Housing
Politics
Council authorizes lawsuit over CityFHEPS housing voucher expansion
Speaker Adrienne Adams said it’s now a wait-and-see over whether the Adams administration will comply with new law before a decision is made to take legal action.
Albany Agenda
Policy
Hochul touts her housing carrots for NY municipalities
The governor said there is increased interest in state grants to build housing.
Policy
Policy
Lawmakers propose creation of state authority to finance and build affordable housing
State Sen. Cordell Cleare and Assembly Member Emily Gallagher are sponsoring a bill to create the Social Housing Development Authority, which would build housing directly instead of relying on private developers.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: New York needs more housing. There's a real solution on the horizon
Rather than just relying on private developers, New York state can set up a Social Housing Development Authority to build affordable housing itself.
Immigration
Policy
'The whole world is literally looking at us:' How New York City is using the migrant crisis as a catalyst for change
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom and Department of Social Services Commissioner Molly Wasow-Park detail the city’s shift away from the “right-to-shelter” mandate at the annual Upstream Symposium hosted by HELP USA.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: We can still make progress on housing affordability in 2024
Here’s legislation that can remove major hurdles to producing mixed income development and avoids further concentrating poverty.
Policy
Policy
Hochul wants to build housing on SUNY campuses. How will that work?
State university faculty and administrators are cautiously optimistic about the governor’s proposal to build housing on state-owned land.
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