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WEBFederal ‘Polluters Pay’ Bill Debuts, As NY’s Version Awaits Hochul’s Signature. More states are considering legislation to make the largest fossil fuel companies pay for the impacts of climate change, and activists hope a national effort will pressure Gov. Hochul to sign New York’s own superfund bill, which passed both houses earlier ...
NYCHA Section 8 Waitlist Applicants Will Soon Learn Their Status
WEBAug 1, 2024 · The demand for affordable housing in New York City is clear. After NYCHA reopened a waitlist that was dormant for nearly 15 years, more than half a million individuals and families applied for the chance to receive a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher. While the program halted new applications in December 2009 due to high demand and a limited number of vouchers, NYCHA started with a clean slate ...
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NY’s Housing Deal Is Here. What Does It Mean for Tenant Stability?
WEBBased on 2024’s FMRs, New York City tenants will be excluded from good cause protections if their rent is over $5,846 for a studio, $6,005 for a one-bedroom, $6,742 for a two-bedroom, or $8,413 for a three-bedroom. “People in a luxury situation don’t need the protections,” Hochul told reporters Monday. Voting ‘yes’ Saturday, Salazar ...
NYC Now Leasing 11 Hotels for Families as Homeless Population …
WEBAug 10, 2022 · Emil Cohen/NYC Council Media Unit. Adams’ administration officials testified at an City Council oversight hearing Tuesday about the city’s shelter intake procedures. New York City is now leasing 11 hotels for homeless families as the shelter population continues to rise amid record-high rents, …
2021 Was Deadliest Year on Record for Homeless New Yorkers
WEBMar 8, 2022 · The 2021 fiscal year was the deadliest on record for New York City’s homeless population, with 640 unhoused people dying in shelters, hospitals or the streets, city data shows. A rise in drug overdoses fueled the lethal increase and accounted for at least 237 deaths between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021, up from 131 the previous year ...
'Why Are You Making It So Difficult'? NYC Cash Aid Applicants …
WEBJan 29, 2024 · The city received 515,710 such applications in the year ending Oct. 1, a 67 percent increase from four years prior, city data show. The average number of households receiving cash aid, reported once per month, is also up over that period, by 33 percent. Yet denials have increased even more dramatically, by 100 percent, totaling 287,280 over ...
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 ...
Legal Questions Emerge About Citi Field Mall - City Limits
WEBJul 30, 2012 · Legal Questions Emerge About Citi Field Mall. By Patrick Arden. Published July 30, 2012. Photo by: Courtesy Office of the Mayor. The new Willets Point plan includes development on both sides of Citi Field: to the east, in the area known as the “iron triangle,” and to the west, in a parking lot where a shopping mall is supposed to go.
NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for ...
WEBJul 19, 2021 · New York City housing officials have closed on a deal to turn 14 so-called cluster site homeless shelters in the Bronx into permanent affordable housing for hundreds of families. The $122 million purchase, completed June 23, covers 777 units of affordable housing, including 554 apartments for families experiencing homelessness, according to the ...