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Buildings Get High Marks—From Feds, Not Tenants
Federal officials are supposed to screen the apartments that receive Section 8 rent assistance. But their inspection results are often at odd with what residents find.
City Picks Plan to Replace Shuttered Housing Project
A stalled redevelopment left Prospect Plaza vacant for a decade. The new scheme replaces some—if not all—of the public housing, and adds hundreds of affordable units.
Many Are Responsible for Housing Project's Stall
After the city rezoned Williamsburg, affordable housing was supposed to be built on the grounds of a NYCHA project there. Seven years later, ground has not been broken.
Are Nets' Promised Cheap Seats for Sale?
Atlantic Yards said thousands of cheap seats would be available for each home game. But fans are having a lot of trouble tracking down those promised discounts.
Jobless Find Hope in NYCHA's Post-Sandy Cleanup
Hundreds of low-income New Yorkers who've struggled to find jobs have found work doing post-storm cleanup, including public housing tenants. The question is: how long will it last?
After Flood, Brighton's Latinos Struggle in Shadows
A growing if largely invisible community hard-hit by Sandy faces a unique challenge: Undocumented immigrants must get help to fix illegal apartments.
Reeling Before the Storm, Rockaways Complex Eyes Rescue
Ocean Village lost power after Sandy. But danger and deprivation were nothing new to its 1,000-plus residents, who hope a new owner and $110 million in public financing change the tide.
Grassroots Groups Have Taken Over Sandy Relief
From Gerritsen to Coney, trusted local organizations and ad-hoc operations have stepped into a void left by overstretched city departments and low-profile federal agencies.
From Capitol Hill to Murray Hill: NY's Reps at Home
Members of New York City's congressional delegation help decide national policy. But they also play a role in very local, and even personal, matters. How do they do?
The Men Who Ride the Homeless Bus
Neighbors of the M35's 125th Street stop are frustrated by garbage and bad behavior they blame on men who use the bus to get to and from Ward's Island. The guys on the bus have their own frustrations.
Foreclosure Crisis: Buzz Fades, Protests Continue
Four years after the housing crisis transformed the presidential race, it's barely mentioned on the campaign trail. But foreclosure is still an issue in New York, and some believe federally-chartered agencies can do more to help.
Beyond Scandal, NYCHA Residents Seek More Power
Amid the controversy over the management of New York's public housing, NYCHA officials are contemplating historic changes to how the agency operates. Tenants are looking for more ways to weigh in on those ideas.
Agency, Developer Wrestle Over Atlantic Yards Affordability
Documents reveal tense negotiations between city housing officials and Forest City Ratner over the kind of affordable housing the first Atlantic Yards residential tower will provide. Turns out it's different from what the developer promised.
Illegal Hotels Survive Crackdown, Some Say
Fifteen months after a move to strengthen enforcement against unauthorized rentals, the number of citations is up, but complaints continue. Some say the fines are too low. Others believe the law is unfair.
Legal Questions Emerge About Citi Field Mall
A new version of the Willets Point redevelopment plan envisions a shopping mall in what is now a parking lot—on what is technically parkland. The city and some advocates disagree on whether a Robert Moses-era law paves the way for the project.
Coney Island's Invisible Towers
The Bloomberg administration has rolled the dice on a major rezoning and costly infrastructure upgrades in Coney Island. Will the hoped-for development ever appear?
Industrial, Homeless Policies Clash in East New York
A plan to build subsidized housing in a zone reserved for manufacturing businesses pits efforts to reduce the shelter population against hopes of saving industrial New York.
BrooklynEdges: A Mosaic Grows as Boerum Hill Changes
For 10 years, as the neighborhood around her Wyckoff Street address has changed, Susan Gardner has been covering her house in color.
Who's Afraid of NYU? School's Neighbors Air Gripes
In its push to expand, the school faces residual distrust from earlier development projects. We visited two recent university construction sites to see what it's like to be NYU's next-door neighbor.
'Vacated' Housing Full of Meaning for Brooklyn Nabes
A look at three buildings that the city once ordered vacated for safety reasons reveals the changing—and very different—fortunes of three Brooklyn neighborhoods.
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Fewer Homeless on Streets, Lots More on Subways - Jarrett Murphy
The Department of Homeless Services announced a "decline of 28 percent across the five boroughs since 2005." That was the good news.
City Limits Honored for Sandy, Hospitals Coverage - Jarrett Murphy
Congratulations to our two Ippies honorees, Ruth Ford and Batya Ungar-Sargon.
A Housing Problem … Or an Income Problem? - Jarrett Murphy
A report finds shortcomings in the mayor's affordable housing plan. But as many workers' incomes stagnate, any housing program is going to face very difficult math.
City Limits Magazines’ Archive Now All Digital, Accessible - City Limits
With a grant from the New York Community Trust, our 36-year archive is now digital (and fully accessible for free) online.
A Headstone for Jashawn Parker - Jarrett Murphy
Advocates in the Bronx neighborhood where he died in a 2002 apartment fire are collecting money to pay for a grave marker for Jashawn Parker, whose story is told in this month's issue of City Limits magazine.
Report Sees Renters' Crisis - Jarrett Murphy
When a housing market collapse kicked America into recession, it was reasonable to hope that one benefit would be to reduce housing costs for low-income people. No such luck.
As NYCHA Seeks Flexibility, Tenant Advocates Concerned - Jarrett Murphy
The city's public housing agency wants rules relaxed to allow creative budgeting. But advocates for residents want stronger assurances that financial flexibility won't come at the cost of tenant rights.
Veterans of 'Battle of Brooklyn' Tell War Stories in Bronx - Jordan Moss
Brooklynites who fought against the Atlantic Yards development shared lessons they learned with Bronx residents who are resisting a different city-subsidized development deal.
A Tragedy in the Bronx - Jarrett Murphy
Watch a video interview with the father of an 8-year-old boy killed in a 2002 fire at a Bronx apartment building that was under court order to fix its flawed electrical system.
Mortgage Woes Linked to Broader Neighborhood Despair - Jarrett Murphy
When one apartment building owner becomes overwhelmed by mortgage payments, the buildings nearby are also likely to be suffering from lapses in maintenance and safety, a new report finds.
Feds Fall Down on Homeless Women Vets - Jarrett Murphy
The number of homeless women veterans tracked by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs has more than doubled in the past five years, but they are poorly served by existing programs, an investigation finds.
Plan Calls for Longer Shelter Stays - Jarrett Murphy
A new report on homelessness in New York calls for some shelter residents to be housed for a year to 18 months, so they can get the time and resources needed to become self-sufficient.
What’s Not to Like About the Cuomo Budget? - Jarrett Murphy
Amid a sea of praise for Gov. Cuomo's second budget, advocates for low-income New Yorkers raised complaints. That, plus the latest on NYCHA, city job creation and the sick leave bill —all in our policy roundup.
Report Slams Housing Court For Tenant Treatment - Milesska Contreras
Access to lawyers, translation services and childcare would make Brooklyn Housing Court a fairer forum, according to a coalition of community groups.
More Poor People=More Crime? Not Necessarily, Says Report - Jarrett Murphy
A study of the effect of housing vouchers on public safety finds no evidence that the arrival of subsidy recipients leads to increases in crime. Rather, voucher holders tend to move to areas where crime is already high.
Report: NYCHA Residents' Unemployment Has Nearly Tripled - Jarrett Murphy
Residents of NYCHA developments and people receiving Section 8 subsidies post an estimated 27 percent unemployment rate, says a new study, but there are new opportunities to lower it.
Read It: Court Backs City Cut of Homeless Program - Jarrett Murphy
A state judge ruled that New York can end a rent-subsidy program for formerly homeless people that lost its state and federal funding.
Tenants, Pinnacle Eye Settlement Of Long-Running Dispute - Jarrett Murphy
Lawyers for both sides say there is a proposed settlement in the lawsuit tenants filed 2007 against the Pinnacle Group, alleging improper rent hikes and evictions.
NYCHA Big Says (Again) That Mass Layoffs May Be Coming - Ruth Ford
The Housing Authority's Chairman John Rhea warned of 3,000 layoffs unless the federal government moves to close a billion-dollar gap in public housing funding.
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Stop NYCHA Infill Plan, Save Public Housing
The plan to build market-rate buildings at public housing sites doesn't save NYCHA, it threatens it. There's a better way, this writer argues.
Don't Forget Shelters' Role in Homelessness Crisis
Yes, solving the homelessness crisis will take more affordable housing and living-wage jobs. But it will also require a better shelter system.
All Hands on Deck for the Homeless
The city's shelter system can't create the housing and jobs that would prevent homelessness. The next mayor must rally the agencies who can.
Housing Court Crisis Demands Action
With 2,000 cases rolling in every day and 11,000 families losing their housing last year, a survey found that tenants are at a stark disadvantage in Bronx Housing Court.
Can NYCHA Be Saved?
Yes, says this writer, but it will require vision and renewed drive by the Bloomberg administration: Doing a few things better will not be enough.
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Criminalizing Communities: NYPD Abuse of Vulnerable Populations
Report says NYPD tactics and attitudes unjustly target blacks, Latinos, gays, transgender people, vendors and sex workers.
Photo Slideshow: The Defining Brooklyn Issue Launch
On Monday, March 28, 2011, City Limits Magazine celebrated the launch of "Defining Brooklyn: The Borough Behind the Brand" at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation's Skylight Gallery.
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Defining Brooklyn Launch
City Limits celebrates the launch of its March 2011 issue: Defining Brooklyn.The 35th Anniversary Celebration
City Limits celebrates its 35th Anniversary at BMCC in Tribeca.Brooklyn Bureau Launch
The Brooklyn Bureau launch as part of Social Media Week 2012.Tackling Poverty
The Tackling Poverty Series at Galapagos Art Space in the DUMBO section of Brooklyn.Tackling Poverty (Manhattan)
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