City Limits Coverage
Advocates Fear Homeless Program Threatens Affordable Housing
Responding to the shelter surge, the city has placed homeless families in clusters of apartments in private buildings. The pricey program might undermine rent stabilization.
Stop and Frisk Coverage Nominated
We're up for an award from that National Association of Black Journalists.
Fewer Homeless on Streets, Lots More on Subways
The Department of Homeless Services announced a "decline of 28 percent across the five boroughs since 2005." That was the good news.
Retiring CUNY Head to Be Paid for Six More Years
Outgoing Chancellor Matthew Goldstein's contract entitled him to a year of "study leave" at his current salary. He'll be Chancellor Emeritus for five additional years.
Payday Lending Story Earns Honors
City Limits is also up for two other prestigious awards.
Gun Violence in NYC: The Killer You Avoid Could Be Yourself
While New York's gun murder rate is lower than most big cities', it's our low firearm suicide rate that makes gun violence half as likely in the city than in the United States as a whole.
City Limits Director Departing
Mark Anthony Thomas, who's served as City Limits' director since November 2009, is leaving for a prestigious fellowship.
Bloomberg Invokes Terrorism in Case Against NYPD Reforms
The mayor suggested that Council proposals could lead to more murders, create deadly confusion among police officers and perhaps even make it easier for terrorists to strike the city.
Call for More Regulation of New York City Co-ops
Some 1 million New Yorkers live in co-ops, an affordable ownership option for many families. But some say the companies that sponsor coops are retaining too much control—at residents' expense.
Report: New Mayor Should Stop Re-Housing the Homeless
Some mayoral candidates want to restore programs that place homeless families in regular housing. But one think-tank believes those programs drive shelter demand.
News Network
Agencies Almost Always Have The Last Word
Courts have little power to overturn decisions by agency hearing officers — as two evicted public housing tenants recently learned.
The Gotham Gazette Court Upholds Columbia Campus Expansion
Columbia University's use of eminent domain to build an additional campus in West Harlem is upheld by The New York State Court of Appeals
The New York Times A Permanent Problem Requires A Permanent Solution
This report from the Association of Neighborhood and Housing Development finds that nearly 170,000 units of subsidized rental units are in danger of losing their rent caps by 2037.
Association of Neighborhood & Housing Development City Hits Major Affordable Housing Milestone
100,000th unit is completed; city on track for New Housing Marketplace Plan to create or preserve 165,000 units by 2014.
Crain's New York Business Espada’s Bill on Rent Limits Draws Criticism
Critics of a bill sponsored by New York legislator Pedro Espada charge that it would protect landlords who took their units out of rent stabilization illegally.
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