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Can Eric Adams Really Block a Mamdani Rent Freeze?
Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani’s promise to “freeze the rent” for the city’s 2 million rent stabilized tenants has captured the race for mayor, and won him support of many New Yorkers concerned about the cost of housing.
But the controversial proposal could be under threat from outgoing Mayor Eric Adams, as he considers appointing new members to the Rent Guidelines Board (RGB), the body that sets allowable rent increases for the city’s rent stabilized apartments each June. Those new members could make getting the necessary votes to freeze the rent more difficult for a potential Mamdani administration.
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The Candidates for Mayor On Housing, Zoning and NYCHA
Housing has taken a central role in the campaign since the primary. Here's what the three candidates facing off in Tuesday's election say they'll do.
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City Hall Misses Deadline to Comply With Council Law Requiring Migrant Shelter Surveys
Lawmakers say the legislation is intended to help the city better respond to the needs of the nearly 34,000 migrants still in its shelter system. “There’s honestly no excuse,” said City Councilmember Alexa Avilés, who chairs the Council’s Immigration Committee.
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SNAP Is Set To Be Frozen in November. Here’s What New Yorkers Need to Know.
The federal government shutdown and new work requirements will throw New York’s food stamps program into chaos, New York Focus reports.
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This Building Was Supposed to be Luxury Apartments. Now It Will House 183 Families From Homeless Shelters
After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with families who have hard-to-use city housing vouchers.
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Opinion: What NYC’s Mayoral Candidates Are Missing on Climate
“Several critical policy areas deserve far more attention in this mayoral race, particularly when it comes to environmental justice in frontline communities, which are mainly in the outer boroughs.”
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‘No se metan’: Concejales municipales se oponen a agentes federales en Nueva York
“Esto solo ha debilitado nuestras comunidades locales y nuestra economía al perturbar nuestros barrios y a sus pequeños socios comerciales. Todo por motivos políticos. No necesitamos más perturbaciones como esta”, declaró la presidenta del Concejo, Adrienne Adams, el jueves en la alcaldía.
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PODCAST: ¿Cómo ha cambiado la población indocumentada en Estados Unidos desde 2019?
Todavía una gran parte de la población indocumentada (45 por ciento vive) en EE. UU. lleva 20 años o más en el país, el 14 por ciento lleva entre 15 y 19 años, y el 21 por ciento tiene al menos 5 años en el país. Solo el 20 por ciento llevaba menos de cinco años en el país.
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