City Renews Fair Housing Commitments, Focusing on Climate and Affordability
Last week, the city released 16 new fair housing commitments as part of its “Where We Live 2025” plan, a City Council–mandated effort to make New York City’s housing market more fair.
The draft plan, shared with City Limits, includes a program to encourage New Yorkers living in areas prone to severe flooding to voluntarily move, and another to legalize more housing with shared kitchens or other common facilities.
New York Groups Challenge ICE’s Courthouse Arrests
The Trump administration’s tactics “discourage people from attending court or from feeling safe in court, where folks are simply seeking to access the process that is accorded to them,” said Bobby Hodgson, assistant legal director of the New York Civil Liberties Union.
It’s Hurricane Season in NY. These Tips Will Help You Protect Your Home
“Building financial resiliency is a crucial part in preparing for climate disasters,” said Theodora Makris at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods. That can include getting flood insurance and creating an emergency fund.
‘Back Home Act’ Aims to Support NYC Tenants Displaced by Emergencies
Each year, fires, floods and other emergencies force thousands of New Yorkers from their homes, separating them from their communities and often in the dark about the status of repairs or whether they’ll even be able to return to their apartments.
Opinion: Penn Station is the Key to Solving New York’s Housing & Affordability Crises
“The New York region’s most critical challenges, from economic inequality to the housing affordability crisis, all converge in the subterranean chaos of Penn Station.”
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Petición de datos de beneficiarios de cupones de alimentos disuadirá a posibles beneficiarios, afirman funcionarios y defensores
Nueva York es uno de los 20 estados que han demandado a la administración Trump por esta solicitud, que según los defensores tendrá un “efecto intimidatorio” sobre la participación en el programa SNAP entre las personas necesitadas que cumplen los requisitos.
Alcalde veta proyecto de ley del Concejo para eliminar delitos menores relacionados con venta ambulante
“Mientras la administración Trump continúa atacando a las familias trabajadoras y a las comunidades de inmigrantes, el veto del alcalde Adams es un ejemplo más de su apoyo a la agenda de Trump sobre los neoyorquinos”, dijo en un comunicado la portavoz del Concejo, Julia Agos.
