The city received nearly 80,000 calls about lack of residential heat and hot water in January, more than any other month on record. Some tenants say their buildings are falling through the cracks. The post Amid NYC Cold Snap, Tenants Report Most ‘No Heat’ Complaints on Record appeared first on City Limits.

"While legal expertise is invaluable, evaluating judicial candidates also requires understanding the real-world context in which judges serve. Fathers who have navigated Family Court can provide firsthand knowledge of how the system affects familiesperspective that no rsum alone can capture." The post Opinion: Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary ...

Applications are now open for the 2026 NYCHA Resident Climate Action Grant Program, which funds sustainability projects in the city's public housing developments. Past winners scored money for community gardens, composting programs and environmentally-focused art workshops. The post Got a Climate-Friendly Idea for NYCHA? This Grant Could Help Fund It ...

Dos antiguos detenidos en el Centro de Detencin del Sur de Florida, conocido como Alligator Alcatraz, declararon la semana pasada como parte de una demanda que alega castigo por buscar asesoramiento legal y violaciones al debido proceso. The post PODCAST: Qu se sabe sobre las condiciones en “Alligator Alcatraz”, el centro de detencin para inmigrantes? ...

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. The post NYC Housing Calendar, Feb. 2-9 appeared first on City Limits.

"Monitor Point is a win for everyone: the MTA gets a new facility, the community gains open space and housing, and the city moves forward with its promise to build more affordable homes." The post Opinion: Why I Support the Monitor Point Project appeared first on City Limits.

Council progressives had hoped they could convince fellow lawmakers to override former Mayor Adams' veto and pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act. But new Speaker Menin, who abstained from voting on COPA last year, declined to call it for an override vote, effectively killing itfor now. The post Council Lets Eric Adams’ COPA Veto Stand, and What ...

Amid frigid temperatures, New Yorkers lodged 26,000 311 complaints about lack of heat or hot water over the last week, the most in a seven-day period since 2018. City Limits' reporter Patrick Spauster spoke to WNYC's The Brian Lehrer Show about what landlords are required to provide, and what tenants can do if their heat isn't working. The post LISTEN: ...

"The ASAP Act can deliver two things New Yorkers urgently need: lower bills for households and more clean electrons on an increasingly strained power grid." The post Opinion: For Affordable Clean Energy at Home, New York NeedsSolarASAP appeared first on City Limits.

"The ultra wealthy and the most profitable corporations are going to fight any revenue raiser," said Brahvan Ranga, campaign manager of Invest in Our New York, a coalition of organizations pushing for progressive tax reforms. "But the political winds are at our back in a way that hasn't been the case in years." The post Tax Talk: Mamdani’s Ambitious ...