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Defensores de alfabetización de adultos piden que se reviertan recortes...
Días antes de que se conozca el presupuesto definitivo de la ciudad de Nueva York para el próximo año fiscal, tanto los defensores como los concejales están instando a que se mantengan los fondos para...
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NYC Budget Closes Gap for NYCHA Senior Security Program
After weeks of negotiations, the unarmed security program that was poised to end on June 30 will continue. Adi TalwarThe lobby at NYCHA’s Bronx River Addition, one of the housing authority’s senior...
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City Limits Appoints Gary Clemons as Next Executive Director
Clemons is an accomplished non-profit executive with a deep passion for effecting change in the lives of marginalized communities. Gary Clemons joins City Limits as the nonprofit newsroom’s new...
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NYC Housing Calendar, July 8-15
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography OfficeMayor Eric Adams...
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Opinion: Mayor’s City of Yes is Really a ‘City of Cake’
“If Mayor Adams is serious about addressing the affordability crisis, he should direct his city agencies to use planning tools to slow land speculation, tax warehoused property and pied-à-terres, and...
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Older Adult Programs See Budget Boost—But Not Enough to Keep Up With Aging...
By 2040, researchers estimate the number of city residents aged 65 and older will increase by 40 percent. “We should be doubling, tripping, quadrupling on investments for older adult services to meet...
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Mayor presupuesto para programas para personas mayores, pero no lo suficiente...
Para el 2040, los investigadores estiman que el número de residentes de la ciudad mayores de 65 años aumentará en un 40 por ciento. “Deberíamos duplicar, triplicar y cuadruplicar las inversiones en...
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City of Yes, No, Maybe So? Public Weighs in on Mayor’s Housing Initiative
Mayor Eric Adams’ ambitious citywide zoning reform is facing its greatest trial yet: the opinions of all 59 community boards, five borough presidents, and the general public. Michael Appleton/Mayoral...
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NYC Housing Calendar, July 29-Aug. 5
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Adi TalwarAn early afternoon A view of NYCHA’s Jacob Riis...
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Meet Our Summer 2024 Youth Reporting Interns
CLARIFY (The City Limits Accountability Reporting Initiative for Youth) is working with more than two dozen talented high school students from across New York City, who are reporting on issues...
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NYCHA Section 8 Waitlist Applicants Will Soon Learn Their Status
A month and a half since the housing authority closed applications for the Section 8 waitlist—giving households a chance at a NYCHA-issued housing voucher—notifications are to be sent out beginning...
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Tracking Community Boards’ Feedback on City of Yes for Housing
“I think those of us who have homes should think about those who don’t have homes,” Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday in a push for his housing plan. “Far too many New Yorkers can’t afford to live in the...
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NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 5-12
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Adi TalwarThe City Planning Commission (pictured here in...
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New Funding for ‘Accessory’ Apartments Touted as Tool for Housing Older New...
Officials say building more accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, can help older residents continue living in the city they helped build, and offer homeowners a way to generate income and create...
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NYC’s Adult Literacy Providers Weather New Funding Rules, Forcing Some to...
Changes to the city’s funding formula for adult education programs have left some community organizations with decades of experience without contracts to continue their classes—for the time being. Six...
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City Cuts Funding for Tenant Lawyers Who Combat Landlord Harassment, Building...
Legal service providers who aid tenants through the city’s Anti-Harassment Tenant Protection (AHTP) program say their efforts are being diminished by recent city contract cuts, which saw their funding...
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Programas de alfabetización para adultos de Nueva York afrontan nuevas reglas...
Los cambios en la fórmula de financiación municipal de los programas de educación de adultos han dejado a algunas organizaciones comunitarias con décadas de experiencia sin contratos para seguir...
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NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 12-19
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Emil Cohen/City CouncilCouncilmember Diana Ayala, chair of...
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Concerns About PACT Private Management Program Take the Spotlight at Annual...
With more than 37,000 units converted to the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together (PACT) program, tenants weighed in on the model that’s brought the housing authority $13.2 billion worth of...
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NYC Housing Calendar, Aug. 19-26
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Adi TalwarConstruction work at an HPD site in Harlem in...
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