"This line of argument can appear soundwhy shouldnt the poorest New Yorkers get sole access to rent-stabilized apartments?but it is ultimately a distraction from the real dynamics at play in the rental housing market." The post Opinion: Rent Stabilization Isn’t Means TestedAnd It Shouldn’t Be appeared first on City Limits.

El 31 de julio expir el contrato federal con organizaciones sin nimo de lucro para que presten asistencia jurdica a ms de 25.000 menores inmigrantes no acompaados en el pas. The post PODCAST: Qu se sabe del cierre del programa de defensa legal para menores inmigrantes no acompaados? appeared first on City Limits.

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. The post NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 3-10 appeared first on City Limits.

Transparency will not enlarge sewer pipes or prevent every flood. But it will allow communities to identify recurring problems, evaluate government claims, and advocate for infrastructure funding based on documented need rather than political visibility. The post Opinion: New York Knows It Flooded. The Public Still Cant See How the Sewer System Performed. ...

Neighbors in Bensonhurst formed a tenant union to address unsafe conditions and alleged negligence, making use of a city program that pays organizers in bad buildings. The post Bensonhurst Tenant Union Gets Boost From City, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing appeared first on City Limits.

See the 100 city-owned lots where the mayor plans to develop 50,000 units of affordable housing, taking advantage of reforms that the administration hopes will make it easier for to build. The post The Mamdani Administration Wants to Build Housing Here. And Here. And Here. appeared first on City Limits.

"One of the best ways to protect and center workers is to ensure that jobs that will never be automated pay enough for workers to live comfortably." The post Opinion: As AI Looms, Ensuring NY’s Human Service Workers Earn a Living Wage appeared first on City Limits.

"We did have higher expectations," said Michelle Mendez, owner of Florence Prime Diner in Elmhurst, of turnout during the World Cup. Other businesses reported a bigger boost from the games, which they say brought people together. The post Did NYC’s Latino Small Businesses Score During the World Cup? appeared first on City Limits.

A lo largo de 10 meses del ao pasado, la ciudad recibi 34.532 denuncias por robo de prestaciones del programa SNAP, de las cuales la gran mayora el 92,9 por ciento no fueron reembolsadas. La mayora de las denuncias fueron presentadas por residentes de East New York, en Brooklyn, un barrio con una poblacin mayoritariamente negra y latina, con altos ndices de ...

"New York City currently operates without a comprehensive plan to guide its growth and developmentmaking it an outlier among major American cities, which routinely use such frameworks to balance citywide needs with local ones." The post Opinion: New York City Has a Chance to Plan for Everyone. Will We Take It? appeared first on City Limits.

"Neighborhood businesses may want these spaces, but too often landlords keep storefronts vacant rather than lower rents to a level small businesses can actually afford," said Irene Tung, senior director of program and policy at the Action Lab. The post City Storefronts Stay Empty, But Rent Won’t Come Down. Is Commercial Rent Control the Answer? appeared ...

"New Yorkers deserve policy that responds to the urgency of diesel exhaust clouding neighborhoods and matches the bold action of similar successful policies across the country." The post Opinion: Corporate Mega Warehouses Also Deliver Air Pollution. But Solutions Abound. appeared first on City Limits.