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WEBNYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 9-16. City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. By Jeanmarie Evelly. Education.
Project Renewal Celebrates Renovations and Renaming of Historic ...
WEBMar 2, 2018 · Project Renewal. New York City homeless services nonprofit Project Renewal hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its 307-unit supportive housing building at 351 West 42nd Street in Manhattan, to celebrate a $15 million renovation and the official naming of the building—which was once the historic Holland Hotel—as Geffner House, after former ...
NYC2036? How the 2012 Olympics Bid Reshaped New York City
WEBAug 9, 2021 · The NYC2012 attempt faltered, but plans to reshape huge swaths of the city to accommodate brand new sporting venues—and, later, transformative residential projects—swiftly crossed the finish line, buoyed by Olympic fervor and a time-bound bid for the Games. The ongoing development in Long Island City’s Hunters Point, site of …
Far Fewer Homeless Families Using Rent Subsidies to Move Out of …
WEBOct 13, 2021 · Rhanesha Clinton knew the horror stories associated with the one-year rent subsidy she received from New York City. Others who used Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) grants to move out of city homeless shelters found themselves in frigid homes with leaking toilets and negligent landlords—often in unfamiliar cities. SOTA recipients said they were pressured to take substandard housing, and ...
NYC’s New Housing Voucher Rules Will Drastically Expand Income ...
WEBNov 1, 2021 · The decision marks a significant adjustment to a new law that increased the value of CityFHEPS vouchers but capped renewal eligibility at 250 percent of the federal poverty line—equal to just $32,200 for a single adult and just under $55,000 for a family of three. Though recipients and their advocates celebrated the voucher boost, many warned ...
Bronx Voters, Meet Your Primary Election Candidates - City Limits
WEBJun 19, 2021 · Five candidates—Councilmember Fernando Cabrera, Assemblywoman Nathalia Fernandez, Councilmember Vanessa Gibson, former police Lt. Samuel Ravelo and State Sen. Luis Sepulveda are vying for the borough-wide post, which Ruben Diaz, Jr. must vacate thanks to term limits. Read our coverage of the 2021 borough president races.
New Law Will Require NY Hospitals to Assess Community Impact …
WEBDec 28, 2021 · The Health Equity Assessment Act (S.1451A / A.191A) will require any hospital or clinic applying for a CON—through which the state grants approval for major changes like a closure, merger, downsizing or new construction —to assess the impact that change will have on the communities a facility serves. Under the law, providers will have to ...
CityViews: The Lessons We Learned From Saving Parkchester - City …
WEBAug 22, 2018 · CityViews: The Lessons We Learned From Saving Parkchester. By Michael Lappin. Parkchester, in the Bronx. This summer marks the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the restoration of the largest privately owned affordable housing property in the country—the 12,271 apartments in the 171-building Parkchester complex, located in the southeast Bronx.
Opinion: To Combat Gentrification, NYC Needs Simpler
WEBJun 26, 2019 · Opinion: To Combat Gentrification, NYC Needs Simpler & Speedier Policies. By Michael Lappin. Published June 26, 2019. RKTB. Madison/Putnam Houses, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn: In-fill affordable housing built by CPC’s development subsidiary in the mid-2000s. A sure sign that a neighborhood is undergoing gentrification is …
At Overdue Hearing, Advocates Push NYC to Fulfill Promise of …
WEBMar 1, 2023 · The city’s landmark Right to Counsel law was the country’s first to guarantee legal representation in housing court to low-income tenants most at risk for eviction. But advocates and providers say it's been undermined in recent months as the courts schedule eviction cases faster than there are available housing attorneys to take them. “When the law was first passed, it worked,” Ruth ...