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City Watch: Reckoning With New York City’s Affordable Housing Crunch
Non-profit developers and tenants rights advocates have also been sounding the alarm on the need to create more income-restricted apartments across the five boroughs and to keep existing renters stably housed, especially in communities of color.

NYC Youth Taking the Lead on Climate Activism
Although some are still only high school or college age, Generation Z—generally about 25 and younger—has established itself as the most engaged generation in climate action.

Fate of 25,000 NYCHA Apartments in the Balance as End of Legislative Session Nears
Proposed legislation would allow NYCHA to transfer 25,000 apartments into a publicly owned trust with the power to issue bonds and borrow money for addressing desperately-needed capital repairs. Supporters say it’s the only real shot to drum up the funds in lieu of substantive federal aid. But many public housing tenants are opposed or skeptical of the plan.

NYC’s Rent Guidelines Board Votes for 2-4% Hikes for Stabilized Units. What Now?
The rate increases for the city’s 1 million regulated apartments are lower than property owners have pushed for, citing rising costs. But tenants and housing advocates who’ve called for a rent freeze say the hike will worsen the city’s eviction crisis.

Apply Now: City Limits Youth Journalism Internship for Summer 2022

This is a paid journalism training program for New York City high school students who will be entering either their junior or senior year of high school (11th and 12th grades) in the upcoming fall 2022 semester. Students graduating from high school this June are also eligible. The deadline to apply is June 10.

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City Views

Opinions and Analysis on Policy and Politics

Opinion: Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over NYC—The Numbers Don’t Lie
Corporations exist to make profit. In the housing context, corporate landlords extract as much profit from their investments as possible. The results are rent increases, cost-cutting on building maintenance, reductions in building-wide services, low-cost or inadequate repairs, and evictions.

Opinion: NYC Must Prioritize Housing Our Most Vulnerable Families
For far too long, New York’s leaders have focused on stemming the tide of homelessness, and then struggling to meet that low bar. Mayor Eric Adams can change this with a visionary housing and homelessness plan and a budget to match.

Opinion: Why We Need Better Place-Based Economic Development Policies
Our elected leaders can bring about meaningful improvement in the economies of particular places through policies that address what we’ve learned from the shortcomings of the Opportunity Zone incentive and other similar laws.

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Cómo afectarán el voto latino nuevas leyes electorales en varios estados
Según un reporte del Brennan Center for Justice de la facultad de derecho de la Universidad de Nueva York, 27 estados han propuesto al menos 148 proyectos de ley para cambiar cómo se llevan a cabo las elecciones y cómo se determinan los resultados de estas. En seis legislaturas estatales (Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky y Oklahoma) ya se han aprobado nueve leyes.

Junta de directrices sobre alquileres de la ciudad de Nueva York vota por un aumento del 2 al 4% para las unidades con renta estabilizada. ¿Y ahora qué?
Los aumentos de las tarifas para el millón de apartamentos con renta estabilizada de la ciudad son menos de lo que los propietarios han exigido, citando el incremento de los costos. Pero inquilinos y defensores de vivienda que piden que se congelen los alquileres dicen que la subida de la renta empeorará la crisis de desahucios de la ciudad.