Immigration
Policy
Amid heat wave, at least one shelter for asylum-seekers lacks air conditioning
NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol said the city limits the age of residents of a Harlem shelter that doesn’t have air conditioning.
Housing
Policy
Hochul announces agreement to build housing units at World Trade Center site
Coming off of a legislative session with little movement on her signature issue, the governor has announced another housing development in New York City.
Housing
Policy
Adams limits shelter stays for single adult asylum-seekers to 60 days
The mayor announced the move to ensure enough space for incoming families, including asylum-seekers
Housing
Policy
‘We will wait no longer’: Hochul announces housing executive orders
Months after the governor and legislative leaders failed to come to an agreement on housing, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced several housing proposals – and received backlash from some labor entities.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: For a healthier city, New York must pass the Community Land Act
Here’s how this transformational legislation can deliver environmental, health and housing equity.
Housing
Opinion
Opinion: For a healthier city, New York must pass the Community Land Act
Here’s how this transformational legislation can deliver environmental, health and housing equity.
Housing
Politics
The City Council shot down Eric Adams’ veto on housing vouchers. Now what?
For the first time since the Bloomberg years, the council voted to override a mayoral veto. Council members said a package of bills expanding access to housing vouchers is a crucial step in addressing the housing crisis.
Heard Around Town
Policy
Over 100,000 people are living in NYC’s shelter system
Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom briefed reporters on the city’s ongoing response to the influx of migrants.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The New York City Council must override Adams' vetoes and increase housing voucher access
Significant policy reforms for addressing the homelessness crisis are at stake.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Restoring cuts to NYCHA’s Vacant Unit Readiness Program
The Adams administration’s proposed cuts would have left thousands of NYCHA units vacant in the middle of a housing crisis.
Homelessness
Policy
Homeless sweeps a 'failure,' NYC comptroller says in audit
Of the 2,308 people involuntarily removed from street encampments, just three ended up in permanent housing.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: To address NYC’s growing housing crisis, the city must fully fund the Anti-Harassment and Tenant Protection Program
The little-known AHTP program provides funds to legal service providers to help New Yorkers get repairs, stop tenant harassment and stay in their homes.
Housing
Opinion
Opinion: Albany, stop making excuses for keeping basement homes unsafe
Here are the facts that debunk myths about these dwellings
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Opinion: Albany, stop making excuses for keeping basement homes unsafe
Here are the facts that debunk myths about these dwellings
Housing
Policy
Maria Torres-Springer: New York has ‘really failed’ on housing
At the Rebuilding New York Summit the deputy mayor called for action, lamenting state government gridlock on legislation to spur housing development.
Housing
Policy
Adams nixes ‘90-day rule’ for homeless New Yorkers – setting up possible veto of housing voucher expansion
City Council leaders believe they would have enough votes to override a mayoral veto.
Housing
Politics
Inez Dickens has moved to evict at least 17 people. One endorsed her.
The Harlem City Council candidate falsely claimed she had only started one eviction during an NY1 debate.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Tenant protections can't wait another year
To truly stand up for working-class New Yorkers, lawmakers must pass “good cause” eviction.
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: Focus on proven solutions to protect tenants
Lawmakers should support the Statewide Right to Counsel Program and the Housing Access Voucher Program, but not Good Cause Eviction
Housing
Policy