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Supreme Court Tosses Lingering Challenges to Rent Stabilization …
Feb 20, 2024 · A rent-regulated building in The Bronx in 2023. The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will not take up two lingering challenges to rent stabilization from New York City landlords, ending months of uncertainty after a broad challenge to the regime got tossed out at the beginning of October. But hinting at interest in future challenges ...
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NY’s Housing Deal Is Here. What Does It Mean for Tenant Stability?
Based on 2024’s FMRs, New York City tenants will be excluded from good cause protections if their rent is over $5,846 for a studio, $6,005 for a one-bedroom, $6,742 for a two-bedroom, or $8,413 for a three-bedroom. “People in a luxury situation don’t need the protections,” Hochul told reporters Monday. Voting ‘yes’ Saturday, Salazar ...
Planning Commission Approves 'City of Yes' Housing Plan by 10-3 …
Sep 25, 2024 · The City Planning Commission Wednesday voted to approve Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity plan—a wide-ranging package of zoning reforms aimed at making it easier to construct residential units, as the city grapples with a housing shortage and record-high homelessness. The proposal will head for a vote in the City Council ...
Scenes From Closing Day at a Bronx Benefits Center - City Limits
Feb 22, 2024 · Adi Talwar. Outside HRA’s walk-in benefits center at 1365 Jerome Avenue in The Bronx, which closed its doors for the final time on Feb. 16. While each center has a catchment area of specific zip codes, New Yorkers can walk into any center for service regardless of where they live, according to HRA. But this doesn’t always work in practice ...
NYCHA Section 8 Waitlist Applicants Will Soon Learn Their Status
Aug 1, 2024 · The demand for affordable housing in New York City is clear. After NYCHA reopened a waitlist that was dormant for nearly 15 years, more than half a million individuals and families applied for the chance to receive a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher. While the program halted new applications in December 2009 due to high demand and a limited number of vouchers, NYCHA started with a clean slate ...
‘Turn this Ship Around’: NYCHA Tenants and Leaders Face Fallout …
Feb 29, 2024 · A joint City Council hearing Tuesday tackled a multiyear bribery scandal that affected more than 100 developments across the city. “These charges are unacceptable and robbed the residents of NYCHA of getting more important jobs done,” one tenant leader testified. City Councilmember Chris Banks leading the Committee on Public Housing hearing ...
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City Dragging Its Feet to Implement Vacant Apartment Reporting …
Oct 10, 2024 · In 2023, the city’s City Housing and Vacancy Survey counted 230,200 units that were “vacant but not available” to rent for one or more reason, down from 353,400 in 2021. More than 58,000 of those were apartments held off the market for “seasonal, recreational, or occasional use”—sometimes known as a pied-à-terres, or second homes.