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Want to Rezone in Western Queens? Here’s How to Win Over the Councilmember

Councilmember Julie Won issued a list of “land use principles”  she said she will apply to new projects in her district that require Council-approved changes to the city’s zoning code—including a controversial proposal to build a 3,000-unit complex in southern Astoria.

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12,000-Unit Bronx Housing Complex Must Accept Housing Vouchers, Judge Rules
The decision Friday marks the first time a New York court has ruled that minimum-income policies for people with full-rent subsidies violate city and state laws, said Housing Works senior attorney Armen Merjian, who represented the family trying to get into the Parkchester housing complex.

Flashback Friday: NYC’s ‘Rebel’ Squatters, 1990
“My whole crew is squatting,” Ronaldo Casanova told City Limits in April of 1990, when he was organizing fellow squatters on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. “We have no other choice or we’re out on the streets.”

ICE Transfers Detained Immigrants From NY Jail Without Notice
Immigration officials confirmed the moves to City Limits, and lawyers say some 35 detainees have been sent from the Orange County Jail to as far away as Mississippi.

Some Rikers Detainees Had No Air Conditioning During Heat Wave, Lawmakers Say
In the week before the recent heatwave, Department of Correction officials testified at a hearing that nearly 200 individuals incarcerated at the jail with conditions that are exacerbated by heat were still without air conditioning.



East New York Families in Limbo as Developer Plans High Rise to Replace Crumbling Housing Complex
Just six units remain occupied at the Arlington Village complex. Now, those who remain worry about what the owners' plan to develop the site will mean for them. "What exists now won’t exist."
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Job Board: This Week's Offerings

 District Manager | Manhattan Community Board 2

Manhattan CB2, a City of New York government agency, is hiring a District Manager responsible for monitoring and evaluating the delivery of municipal services, land use, and zoning issues, and budget management concerns within Community District 2 and actively participating in the coordination of the delivery of these services.
 

Customer Service Representative (Virtual) | Gworkdone Inc.
As a Customer Service Representative your primary responsibility will be providing excellent customer service to clients - both retailers and end users.

 

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ICE traslada inmigrantes detenidos en cárcel de NY sin previo aviso
Funcionarios de ICE confirmaron a City Limits el martes que los traslados se hicieron, y abogados de los detenidos dicen que unas 35 personas han sido enviadas desde la cárcel del condado de Orange a lugares tan lejanos como Mississippi.

¿Cómo los votantes recién naturalizados podrían cambiar el curso de las elecciones este año?
Se calcula que unos 5.19 millones de personas se han naturalizado desde el 2016 en los Estados Unidos, y la gran mayoría de ellos, 4.4 millones, lo hicieron tras la elección de Donald Trump.  California fue el estado con más nuevos ciudadanos, con 733.756 personas naturalizadas, seguido por la Florida, con 429.017, y Nueva York con 402.904.

How Much Does a Bagel Cost in Your NYC Neighborhood?
 

In the Financial District, a bagel with cream cheese and a large coffee will run you $6.50, according to an informal survey conducted by student reporters in City Limits' summer internship program.

Help us report this story during the summer of inflation by recording the price at your local shop. Contribute to the NYC Bagel Price Project here.
 

Opinion: We Need a Real Penn Station Plan, Not a Neighborhood Replacement Scheme
“Our leaders seem blithely unaware that we have within our grasp a once-in-a-century opportunity to create a transit hub worthy of New York, which many of us still think of as ‘the greatest city on Earth.'”
—Sam Turvey, chairperson of RethinkNYC

Opinion: The Penn Station Plan is a Job Well Done. It’s Time We Acknowledge That
“The one thing that unites all New Yorkers is our collective disdain for the derelict old Penn Station. That’s why it makes no sense why some would come out against a plan to actually make it and the surrounding district better.”
—Dan Biederman, president of the 34th Street Partnership.
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