Welcome to the Mapping the Future newsletter, where we feature reporting by City Limits and other outlets—as well as resources for readers—on the politics and policy of land-use and housing in New York City.
Here are this week's top stories:
Hotel-Turned-Shelter for Released Rikers Detainees Faces Backlash in Fresh Meadows
Chinese residents and businesses in the neighborhood collected more than 10,000 signatures on a petition against the arrangement, arguing the city should have notified the community of the plan.
Fearing Evictions, Tenant Groups Push Rent Cancellation, New Housing Voucher
‘New Yorkers from all walks of life have suffered personally and financially because of the pandemic. We need legislative solutions that recognize both the need for direct relief to tenants struggling to pay rent and to property owners with obligations to pay mortgages, property taxes and their building service employees’
Has NYS Only ‘Delayed the Inevitable’ When it Comes to Evictions?
From day one, the concern about Gov. Cuomo’s order was that it postponed rent but didn’t forgive it, meaning that tenants would owe a huge overdue balance once the moratorium ended. Especially for the many families barely getting by, and those unable to tap into existing relief programs, paying that balance could be impossible.
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From Around the City and Beyond
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For Your Calendar:
- Monday, July 27, 10 a.m.: NYC Board of Standards and Appeals remote executive session. The meeting will be streamed live via Zoom and Youtube. Call-in number: 646 558 8656 Meeting ID: 951 7432 1862. Password: 778231. Agenda: [here]
- Monday, July 27, 2 p.m.: NYC BSA live-streamed Review Session and Hearing. The meeting will be streamed live via Zoom and Youtube. Call-in number: 646 558 8656. Meeting ID: 963 1612 6188. Password: 533415. Agenda:[here]
- Tuesday, July 28, 10 a.m.: NYC BSA live-streamed Review Session and Hearing. The meeting will be streamed live via Zoom and Youtube. Call-in number: 646 558 8656. Meeting ID: 934 5018 3937. Password: 438680. Agenda: [here]
- Tuesday, July 28, 1:30 p.m.: City Council stated remote meeting: [here]
- Tuesday, July 28, 2 p.m.: NYC BSA live-streamed Review Session and Hearing. The meeting will be live-streamed via Zoom and Youtube. Call-in number: 646 558 8656. Meeting ID: 953 4198 7628. Password: 964086. Agenda:[here]
- Wednesday, July 29, 10 a.m.: New York City Housing Authority live-streamed Board meeting. The meeting will be streamed live at http://nyc.gov/nycha and Board Calendar, or can be accessed by calling 1 (408)-418-9388 using Event number (access code): 129 489 2597 and Event password: nychaboard.
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Citizens' Toolkit
Worried about bringing COVID-19 home
now that the city is reopening?
Here are some tips on how to properly disinfect,
courtesy of the CDC.
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Affordable Apartments
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is closing lotteries on the following subsidized buildings over the next week:
15 Cedar Street
158 East 126th Street
645 West 59th street
804 Jefferson Avenue
187 Kent Avenue
470 Manhattan Avenue
346 Bergen Street
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