Far Fewer Homeless Families Using Rent Subsidies to Move Out of NYC During the 2021 fiscal year, just 297 households using Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) grants found apartments in another state. It was the first time that the majority of SOTA recipients remained in the five boroughs.
The Bronx Gets Short-Changed in NYC’s ‘Open Streets’ Program: Report The Bronx is home to the fewest miles of Open Streets, and only 16 percent of those that are included in the city initiative are considered operational—or barricaded off to prevent cars—a new survey from Transportation Alternatives found.
Applications for the new $125 million Landlord Rental Assistance Program (LRAP) opened Thursday, as state officials seek to reimburse property owners who were unable to apply for compensation through the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP).
Councilmember Alicka Ampry-Samuel—who represents the 41st District of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Crown Heights—is President Joe Biden’s likely pick as next New York-New Jersey regional administrator for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). What would that mean for NYC tenants?
The Council passed a flurry of environmental bills Thursday, including measures to create a citywide climate adaptation plan, an all-electric school bus fleet and an office of urban agriculture.
Organizaciones e inmigrantes exigen a demócratas cumplir su promesa de ciudadanía para indocumentados Desde el 11 de octubre hasta el 31 de octubre —fecha límite que estableció la presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes, Nancy Pelosi para la votación de los proyectos de ley de infraestructura y “construir mejor” (Build Back Better)— organizaciones que defienden a inmigrantes harán manifestaciones en distintas partes del país.
“Legal access to safe use supplies that includes sterile syringes is vitally important to support health and safety for people who use drugs.”
-- Sam Rivera, executive director for OnPointNYC, which runs one of the city’s largest syringe exchange programs in Upper Manhattan, in an emailed statement.
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Opinion: The History of Rikers Island Proves That Reform Isn’t Possible ‘City leaders have asked for our trust to embark on yet another massive jail building spree, at the cost of almost $10 billion dollars. But we can learn from the history of “reform” on Rikers Island, and Blackwell’s Island before it.’
Opinion: Is New York City Really Anti-Business? ‘When Brooklyn Borough President and likely next New York mayor Eric Adams declared that under his watch, “New York will no longer be anti-business” one could wonder what city he’s been living in.’
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