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Housing & Homelessness

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Housing & Homelessness

South Bronx shelter plan sparks outrage as residents and officials push back

By Emily Swanson
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Housing & Homelessness

New 2,200-bed migrant shelter opening in South Bronx amid citywide shelter closures

By Emily Swanson
Migrants at Floyd Bennett Field.
Housing & Homelessness

NYC to close massive Brooklyn migrant shelter as arrivals decline, 9 other sites scheduled to shut

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Housing & Homelessness

Bronx honors 17 killed in Twin Parks apartment fire on third anniversary

By Emily Swanson
Homeless advocates vow to counter Trump second term and Project 2025
Housing & Homelessness

NYC homeless service providers warn of potential Trump deportations and cuts, tell Project 2025 to ‘drop dead’

By Dean Moses
City Council Member Chi Osse supporting FARE Act broker fees bill
Housing & Homelessness

FARE Act becomes law without Mayor Adams’ signature, shifting NYC broker fee costs from tenants to landlords

By Robert Pozarycki
Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter
Housing & Homelessness

NYC to close Floyd Bennett Field migrant shelter, over a dozen other sites

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Brooklyn

A slim margin: How did Brooklyn’s council members vote on City of Yes?

By Kirstyn Brendlen
"Tenants Not Tourists" launch their coalition and fight against the newly introduced Into 1107 bill which would change laws around short term rentals in New York City.
Housing & Homelessness

‘Tenants not tourists’: Debate rages over NYC bill to change short-term rental legislation, expand Airbnb offerings

By Jada Camille
Lower Manhattan stabbing scene
Housing & Homelessness

New York pols denounce ‘racist’ Lower Manhattan stabbing that left migrant teen dead

By Dean Moses
Mayor Eric Adams announces City of Yes passage
Housing & Homelessness

City of Yes zoning plan to boost housing growth narrowly passes City Council

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Housing & Homelessness

Mayor Adams says he won’t veto Council bill to free renters from paying broker fees, clearing way for its enactment

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Housing & Homelessness

Mayor’s ‘City of Yes’ housing plan clears key hurdles with several Bronx council members’ support, heads to full vote Dec. 5

By Sadie Brown
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Brooklyn

Brooklynites split on amended ‘City of Yes’ housing proposal as affordability crisis continues

By Anna Bradley-Smith & Kirstyn Brendlen
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
Housing & Homelessness

Altered City of Yes Housing plan passes 2 key City Council committees despite some vocal objections

By Ethan Stark-Miller
Mayor Adams with City Planning Chair Dan Garodnick at city of Yes rally for more housing
Housing & Homelessness

DEVELOPING | City of Yes for housing deal takes shape as crucial Thursday council committee vote gets pushed back

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Housing & Homelessness

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

By Ethan Stark-Miller
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Brooklyn

City Council passes Brooklyn CM Chi Ossé’s broker fee bill with veto-proof majority

By Ethan Stark-Miller
City Council Member Chi Ossé rallies with council members and advocates before the passage of his bill to relieve tenants from having to pay broker fees in most cases.
Housing & Homelessness

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

By Ethan Stark-Miller
An apartment building on Shore Road in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.
Housing & Homelessness

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

By Ben Brachfeld
A migrant family outside the Row Hotel in January, 2024.
Housing & Homelessness

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

By Ethan Stark-Miller
Bronx Council Member Oswald Feliz spoke at a rally against a proposed transitional housing project on Bainbridge Avenue.
Housing & Homelessness

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

By Sadie Brown
City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams.
Housing & Homelessness

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

By Ethan Stark-Miller
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, in a new audit, found the city's mismanagement of its housing voucher program, CityFHEPS, caused major delays in housing homeless families.
Housing & Homelessness

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

By Ethan Stark-Miller

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