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Comptroller Brad Lander stands with NYCHA Tenant Association leaders to announce a new audit about oversight of vendors making repairs and doing maintenance.

Bronx

Comptroller audit slams NYCHA over repairs, finds potential millions in wasteful spending

Posted on November 20, 2024

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NYC will allow migrant families to remain in same shelter after expiration of 60-day limit: Mayor Adams

Posted on November 18, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Prospect Lefferts Gardens tenants living without gas for a year accuse landlord of neglect, urge city to take control of building

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Bronx Times

Supportive housing opens in Bedford Park for adults with developmental disabilities

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Politics

City Council votes to relieve renters from paying broker fees with veto-proof majority

Posted on November 13, 2024

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Housing

US Supreme Court declines to hear challenges to NY rent stabilization law

Posted on November 12, 2024

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Politics

NYC to end migrant debit card program as shelter numbers decline: Mayor Adams

Posted on November 8, 2024

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Harlem

Affordable housing waitlist in Harlem opens with one-bedrooms starting at $852

Posted on November 5, 2024

Bronx Council Member Oswald Feliz spoke at a rally against a proposed transitional housing project on Bainbridge Avenue.

Bronx Times

Mayor’s Office defends proposed transitional housing project in Fordham, countering Bronx community objections

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Politics

City Council unveils broad housing plan in response to Mayor’s City of Yes zoning overhaul

Posted on November 1, 2024

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Politics

NYC mismanaged CityFHEPS housing voucher program, delaying homeless families seeking places to live: audit

Posted on October 31, 2024

Homeless man at announcement of lawsuit against city over encampment sweeps

Housing

Six West Village homeless individuals announce they are suing Adams administration over harmful encampment sweeps

Posted on October 30, 2024

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Business

Gansevoort Market in Meatpacking District may soon give way to 600 new housing units and cultural space: City Hall

Posted on October 28, 2024

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Times Square safe despite ‘Little Devils’ street gang activity, NYPD brass stresses in effort to dispel public fear

Posted on October 23, 2024

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Politics

NYC public housing residents could have up to 18 months of back rent covered by $185M in new funds

Posted on October 17, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Gov. Hochul says 71,000 new apartments in pipeline thanks to extension of 421-a deadline

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Bronx Times

Hundreds of Bronx co-op buildings could get new tax breaks for green upgrades

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Bronx Times

Parkchester management settles with state on two housing discrimination complaints

Lines of cots at the migrant tent city set up on Randall's Island

Politics

NYC to close mega Randall’s Island migrant shelter as new arrivals decline

Posted on October 9, 2024

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Bronx Times

Bronx DA, NY Attorney General charge real estate broker and associates in deed theft scheme targeting vulnerable homeowners

Mayor Adams with City Planning Chair Dan Garodnick at city of Yes rally for more housing

Politics

NYC Planning panel greenlights ‘City of Yes’ housing plan — but it still faces tough road in City Council

Posted on September 25, 2024

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Washington Heights tenants of ‘NYC’s worst landlord’ are fed up and cleaning up

Posted on September 22, 2024

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Bronx Times

Housing lottery launches for 12 ‘affordable’ units in the Bronx, Studios start at $3,052 per month

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QNS

Bayside community ramps up opposition to City of Yes housing plan as city council vote nears

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Brooklyn Paper

Family supportive housing residence in Brooklyn to be rebuilt and expanded

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Affordable housing lottery at Staten Island’s new ‘Water’s Edge’ development offers studio apartments starting at $2,395 a month

Posted on September 3, 2024

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Bronx Times

Nonprofit Win hosts carnival for children living in shelters

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Bronx Times

City settles with Parkchester housing management for $1M in discrimination suit

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Bronx Times

Available to those earning up to $250K, ‘affordable housing’ lottery opens in the Bronx

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Brooklyn

Affordable housing lottery opens in Brooklyn with studios renting as low as $454

Posted on August 13, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Affordable housing lottery opens for 56 apartments at former Williamsburg Key Food

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Bronx Times

Op-Ed | The Bronx needs fair housing and City of Yes can help

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‘Unlivable conditions’: Washington Heights tenants demand justice against NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ over squalid state of apartments

Posted on August 5, 2024

Community members, NYCHA representatives and elected officials break ground on an improved green space project, including a dog park, at the Castle Hill Houses in Castle Hill on Monday, Aug. 5, 2024

Bronx Times

Castle Hill Houses breaks ground on new space featuring dog park and barbecue area

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Brooklyn Paper

Divisive development in historic Brooklyn neighborhood nears completion

Apartment buildings in NYC amid Section 8 housing voucher waitlist

Politics

200,000 NYC households added to Section 8 housing voucher waitlist via lottery

Posted on August 1, 2024

NYPD raid Randall’s Island migrant shelter, confiscate dozens of mopeds hours after triple shooting

Posted on July 29, 2024

NY: Tenants Demand Landlord Fix over 500 Violations

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn tenants demand action on hazardous housing violations, call for compensation

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Bronx Times

Park Reservoir co-op shareholders seek new board of directors

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Harlem

Up against the wall: Harlem tenants say endless construction has them feeling like they live in ‘jail cells’

Posted on July 26, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

NBA vet Taj Gibson launches real estate firm to revitalize Brooklyn community

Health

Left to sweat: Why advocates say NYC isn’t doing enough to keep street homeless cool during summer heat waves

Posted on July 23, 2024

Dignitaries shovel dirt at groundbreaking for affordable housing development in Hell's Kitchen

Hell’s Kitchen

Affordable housing groundbreaking in Hell’s Kitchen set to 112 new apartments to neighborhood

Posted on July 20, 2024

The Bankside Park, park of the 4.3-acre Bankside development, features a natural waterfront landscape. Photo Jakob Dahlin

Bronx Times

‘It’s been building for a while now’: The Bronx is in the midst of a residential renaissance

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Health

Measles outbreak at Brooklyn migrant shelter sickens two residents

Posted on July 13, 2024

Mayor Eric Adams rallying with officials in his administration, union members and advocates for the launch of the public review period for his 'City of Yes: Zoning for Housing Opportunity" plan in April 2024.

Politics

Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ plan to boost housing supply draws cheers and jeers at hours-long hearing

Posted on July 10, 2024

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Politics

NYC is seeing fewer migrants since Biden border crackdown, Adams admin official says

Posted on July 9, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Immigrant families defrauded by Bay Ridge landlord find hope in new path to homeownership

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