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Early Voting Underway in NYC's Housing-Focused Mayoral Election
Early voting kicked off Saturday in the general election—the culmination of what’s been a dramatic 2025 race for the city’s next mayor, where much of the conversation has centered around housing and affordability.
The cost of housing is the top issue New Yorkers want the city’s next leader to address, a recent voter survey found, followed by street homelessness. The survey, conducted by the nonprofit Community Service Society (a City Limits funder), questioned 2,000 city residents in September and October. Reducing crime and expanding access to mental health care were also top priorities.
“I wish that elected officials understood that public housing and even low income housing is still very high for renters to be able to afford,” one survey respondent wrote. “When your monthly rent is over half of your monthly salary, it’s impossible to get ahead,” said another.
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‘Hands Off’: City Lawmakers Push Back Against Federal Agents in NYC
“This has only weakened our local communities and economy by disrupting our neighborhoods and their small business partners. All for politics. We don’t need any more of this disruption,” Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said at City Hall Thursday.
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Most NYCHA Developments Have Greater Repair Needs Than Partially-Collapsed Mitchel Houses, Inspections Show
After the partial collapse of a NYCHA building in the Bronx, tenants are split on how to best address deteriorating conditions in the city’s public housing stock. Stay in underfunded Section 9, or convert to Section 8—and potentially, to private management?
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Program That Helps New Yorkers Pay Winter Heating Bills Delayed by Federal Shutdown, Gov. Says
Nearly 1 million New York City households relied on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) last winter to help afford their heating costs, more than any other region in the state. Applications for this year’s benefits are on hold indefinitely until federal funding resumes, officials said.
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Talk of the Block: Author Joél Leon on Gentrification & Race
“Mainstream media tends to leave race out of the conversation because it’s an uncomfortable conversation for a lot of folks,” Leon told City Limits.
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Lo que necesita saber sobre: ¿Cómo obtener ayuda si vive en un apartamento con asistencia de vales basados en proyectos?
Una investigación de City Limits reveló problemas importantes con el programa, que ayuda a unos 100.000 neoyorquinos a pagar una vivienda en edificios de toda la ciudad. A continuación te explicamos cómo saber si vives en uno de estos apartamentos y cómo obtener ayuda.
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Más de $14 millones de dólares en beneficios de SNAP han sido robados de neoyorquinos tras el fin del programa de reembolso
Solo este año, miles de neoyorquinos con bajos ingresos han sufrido el robo de los fondos de sus tarjetas EBT, que les permiten comprar alimentos en ciertas tiendas. “Fue muy duro”, declaró una víctima a City Limits después de que le vaciaran su cuenta SNAP en tres ocasiones distintas.
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