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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:
'There is no good venue in which eviction cases can move forward. In person hearings require that tenants risk their health to save their homes and virtual proceedings require tenants to give up their due process rights to save their homes.'
State Extends Pandemic Eviction Moratorium, But Advocates Say Tenants Remain Under Threat ([link removed][UNIQID])
Advocates say the eviction moratorium should also cover housing court cases filed prior to the start of the pandemic: ‘No one should have to fight to save their home during a pandemic. There is no good venue in which eviction cases can move forward.’
City Planning Commission Approves Controversial Industry City Rezoning Plan ([link removed][UNIQID])
The Commission voted 11 to 1 in favor of the factious rezoning application, which would expand the Sunset Park manufacturing and innovation hub by 1.46 million square feet.
Opinion: City’s Finance-Driven Approach to Managing NYCHA is Wrong for Tenants ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘The financialization of public housing is dangerous because of how it changes the functional meaning of what housing is. These buildings are homes and communities, and places where people make their lives, take a break from life and create it, care for their families, and more,' says Kristen Hackett, a member of the Justice For All Coalition.
Opinion: Industry City Tycoons Are Exploiting Pandemic to Advance Rezoning ([link removed][UNIQID])
‘We agree that our community can benefit greatly from jobs and resources that prioritize local residents, regardless of their citizenship status. However, we will not rush into a plan simply because a few certain elected leaders have expressed their opinions on a district neither of them have lived in,' says Brian Garita, the co-founder of United Mexicans of America.
From Around the City and Beyond
* No Bathroom Relief in Sight for Thousands Living on The Streets [The City ([link removed][UNIQID]) ]
* These Brooklyn Neighborhoods saw the Biggest Drops in Home Sales [The Real Deal ([link removed][UNIQID]) ]
* What’s Really Happening at Homeless Shelters on the Upper West Side [Curbed ([link removed][UNIQID]) ]
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* Monday, August 24, 10 a.m.: New York City Board of Standards and Appeals remote Executive Session. The session will be livestreamed via YouTube ([link removed][UNIQID]) . You can register for the Zoom meeting here ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Call-in number: 646 558 8656. Meeting ID: 947 5445 4287. Passcode: 816971. More details: [Here ([link removed][UNIQID] ) ]
* Monday, August 24, 2 p.m.: NYC BSA remote hearing. The hearing will be livestreamed via YouTube ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Register for the Zoom meeting here ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Call-in number: 646 558 8656. Meeting ID: 976 9265 6833. Passcode: 777127. More details: [Here ([link removed][UNIQID]) ]
* Tuesday, August 25, 10 a.m.: NYC BSA remote hearing. The hearing will be livestreamed via YouTube ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Register for the Zoom meeting here ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Call-in number: 646 558 8656. Meeting ID: 998 5139 3106. Passcode: 838133. More details: [Here ([link removed][UNIQID] ) ]
* Tuesday, August 25, 2 p.m.: NYC BSA remote hearing. The hearing will be livestreamed via YouTube ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Register for the Zoom meeting here ([link removed][UNIQID]) . Call-in number: 646 558 8656. Meeting ID: 937 3964 1835. Passcode: 980317. More details: [Here (http:// [link removed][UNIQID]) ]
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 ([link removed][UNIQID]) .
Affordable Apartments
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The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is closing lotteries ([link removed][UNIQID]) on the following subsidized buildings over the next week:
19-15 Nameoke Avenue ([link removed][UNIQID])
31 Ainslie Street ([link removed][UNIQID])
11 West 118th Street ([link removed][UNIQID])
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