Could Modular Homes be Part of the Solution to NYC’s Housing Crisis?
Developers and New York City are building homes in factories and propping them up on vacant lots in the outer boroughs. Proponents say it can significantly cut down on construction time—and create more affordable housing in the process.
New York’s Big Apple Connect program offers free Wi-Fi in public housing—and new pathways for police access to NYCHA cameras. In Harlem, youth advocates say real safety for young people starts with trust, not surveillance.
Remembering the Unhoused New Yorkers Who Lost Their Lives in 2025
An annual vigil honors the New Yorkers who died living on the streets and in the city’s shelters. “Every life lost to homelessness was preventable,” the event’s organizers said. “People do not die because they lack resilience or will.”
Legislation Will Give NYC Nonprofits First Chance to Buy Certain Buildings
Five years after it was introduced, the City Council passed a revised version of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA, which supporters say will give mission-driven groups a leg up when affordable and distressed buildings come up for sale. Critics say it’s government overreach.
Opinion: How Mayor-elect Mamdani Can Achieve a Human Right to Housing
“New Yorkers, and Mayor-Elect Mamdani in particular, have an open window of opportunity to fundamentally shift the city from maintaining the status quo between the haves and have-nots to actively pursuing housing justice.”
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PODCAST: ¿Cómo estafan los notarios públicos a inmigrantes que necesitan asesoría legal?
Desde el 2020, según denuncias y reportes policiales en 14 estados, cientos de inmigrantes dicen haber sido víctimas de estafas relacionadas con los servicios de inmigración, perdiendo un monto total de al menos $800.000 dólares.
