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“We need homes available to New Yorkers, not pretexts for giving landlords higher rents.” Apartments along Grand Concourse near 170th Street in the Bronx. In New York City right now, landlords say it costs too much to bring some 26,000 to 50,000 empty rent-stabilized apartments back on t
Housing cooperatives come in all shapes and sizes, but provide residents with affordable homes, a sense of community, and agency over their living situations. The post A Different Way to Live appeared first on South Side Weekly.
Houston’s mayor, the city attorney and the police union offered up different interpretations of the measure, which was amended after a funding threat by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Organizers for the annual holiday toy drive announced its end because it can no longer receive resources from the city, which faces a projected budget deficit of $174 million.
The Department of Homeless Services will not renew a contract for Mainchance, a homeless drop-in center on 33rd Street, after reports that the facility turned clients away in violation of city rules. Its closure would come shortly after the city shutters nearby Bellevue, the main intake center for s
On Thursday's show: We learn what's changed about the city ordinance directing how HPD interacts with ICE. And we discuss a controversial development project on Galveston Island's west end.
“On rare public land in one of Manhattan’s most densely populated zip codes, the city selected a smaller, less equitable plan that sidelines a community-driven alternative that produces more housing and services.” 1727 Amsterdam Ave. (Department of City Planning documents) At a recent sp
Encampment sweeps remove personal belongings and needed supplies in the name of “cleanliness”. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) On paper, the city comes with brooms. The brutal reality of encampment sweeps is one of the most important political facts about homelessness in Los Angeles, and one
Council member Chi Ossé is arrested at a demonstration in Bed-Stuy. His office says the protest was related to a "deed theft" case involving of one of his constituents. [ more › ]
An ongoing fight to keep a Brooklyn grandmother in her family home escalated on Wednesday when the police arrested Councilmember Chi Ossé as he protested the move. Ossé (D-Brooklyn) was in front of the Bedford-Stuyvesant brownstone with community supporters to prevent longtime resident Carmella Char
According to an internal document, HPD leadership never changed the department's policy around interactions with ICE despite the city council's ordinance two weeks ago. The city attorney said the department will need to update its policy.
DOWNTOWN — For the past decade, WGN sports anchor Pat Tomasulo has used comedy to raise money and awareness for a rare chronic nerve condition his wife has had for decades. Tomasulo’s annual comedic event and fundraiser, Laugh Your Face Off, returns for its 11th edition this weekend. It’ll feature s
On Earth Day, the mayor will lay out a commitment to adding energy efficient heating systems, modern induction stoves, and electric vehicle charging at NYCHA campuses over the next five years. Windows at NYCHA’s 41st Street Houses in Rockaway, one of several public housing campuses
“Today, Medicaid is under increasing threat of reductions that would put health care out of reach of thousands of people. Those living with or at risk for HIV would feel the impact first and hardest.” Outside Lincoln Medical Center, Melrose, The Bronx. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) For more t
Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy teaching one of his first classes at Lancaster State Corrections and Rehabilitation. (Photo: California State University, Los Angeles) Connected Through Purpose On a chilly evening in December, a disparate group gathered: animal activists, volunteers, and formerly incarcerated
“No me gustaba la lechuga antes de asistir al curso”, comentó Allison Merlos, de 10 años, refiriéndose a un taller de nutrición para niños al que asistió el año pasado a través del programa SNAP-Ed, vigente desde hace mucho tiempo pero que está previsto a terminar pronto debido a los recortes en la
The revision gives police officers discretion to detain people due to civil immigration warrants, undoing the original ordinance passed earlier in the month.
The annual initiative in which police officers provide toys to children in need began in 1984 after HPD officers responded to a shoplifting call involving a man who attempted to steal toys to give to his children as Christmas presents.
“I didn’t like lettuce before I took the class,” Allison Merlos, 10, said of a nutrition workshop for kids she took last year through the long-standing SNAP-Ed, which is slated to end soon after federal funding cuts. “Now I love it, I can eat five plates of lettuce.” Sofía Pérez, 10; Scarlet M
“The State Environmental Quality Review Act, or SEQRA, was created in 1975 to ensure that growth did not come at the expense of our environment. That mission remains essential. But today, the way the law operates often works against the very outcomes we are trying to achieve.” A view fro
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