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‘Innovation QNS’ Plan to Upzone Industrial Astoria on Life Support
The question soon facing the City Council—and in particular, local member Julie Won—is how much affordable housing is enough to replace the Queens industrial scene with a complex three times bigger than One45, another Harlem development proposal recently squashed over affordability concerns.

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As City Health Dept. Weighs New Lead Paint Standard, a Push for Stricter Enforcement
The city banned the use of lead-based paint in 1960. But thousands of city kids still test positive for lead exposure each year. In 2020, 2,603 New York City children under the age of 6 tested for elevated blood lead levels, and the vast majority of new cases were among Asian, Black and Latino kids.

NYC Opens 6 Isolation Beds for Homeless Shelter Residents with Monkeypox
People living in group settings, like homeless shelters, are at particular risk because of the higher likelihood for skin-to-skin contact and because the virus can spread through clothing, towels and bed sheets used by people with monkeypox, health officials say.

City Watch: Planning Chief Dan Garodnick Talks Local Resistance to New Housing
Garodnick, a former Manhattan councilmember, said he respects the key role that city legislators play in the land use process but hopes they will take “a broader view” when it comes to rezoning decisions.



WATCH: Dem. Candidates for Bronx State Senate Talk Shelter, Future of Kingsbridge Armory
The BronxTalk debate between 33rd District candidates State Sen. Gustavo Rivera and party-backed attorney Miguelina Camilo touched on a range of issues, from bail reform to what “progressive” really means to them.
 
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PODCAST: ¿Qué sigue después de que la Corte Suprema permitiera poner fin al programa Permanecer en México?
En este episodio conversamos con Ariel Ruiz Soto, analista político del Migration Policy Institute o MPI (por sus siglas en inglés) y analizamos la decisión de la administración Biden de finalmente eliminar el programa “Permanecer en México”.

 

Job Board: This Week's Offerings

Staff Attorney | Her Justice
Her Justice is looking for a self-motivated individual who will further the organization’s goal of connecting women living in poverty with volunteer lawyers in the areas of family, matrimonial, and immigration law.
 


Executive Director | Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB)
Urban Homesteading Assistance Board or “UHAB”, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to working for resident-controlled affordable housing in New York City, seeks an executive director. This is a rare opportunity to follow a gifted leader and helm an effective, mission-driven organization as it charts its future in an increasingly complex New York City housing landscape.



Grants Associate | Madre
MADRE, MADRE is an international women's human rights organization and feminist fund, is seeking a Grants Associate to contribute meaningfully to our grantmaking work with local organizations around the world. The Grants Associate works to support the implementation of MADRE’s grantmaking strategy to provide partners with resources, trainings, tools, knowledge, opportunities, and access to empower and mobilize communities at the local level.

Program and Development Associate | Madre
.Reporting to the Program and Development Supervising Manager, the Program and Development Associate supports MADRE’s institutional fundraising program and helps develop and grow MADRE’s pipeline of prospective institutional donors, including foundation, corporate, multilateral organization, and government donors.

Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association | Director of Housing Management and Resident Relations
Cooper Square Mutual Housing Association II HDFC (CSMHA II) is a nationally recognized low-income housing cooperative and community organization formed in 1995 on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. The Director of Housing Management and Resident Relations works collaboratively with other CSMHA II staff to oversee, facilitate and perform key property management functions.

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.

"It should be abundantly clear that the stamp of a landmark designation alone does not keep a building standing. If financial viability and structural integrity are in question, landmarking should be postponed, until a game plan for rehabilitation is fleshed out."
Austin Celestin, a junior at New York University studying urban design and journalism, a member of Open New York and a resident of Community Board 7.
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45 Stories, 45 Years: City Limits’ History of Covering NYC
 
 
45 Stories, 45 Years
 
 
 
Our inaugural issue, published in 1976, launched in the midst of New York City’s fiscal crisis, and was created to foster “more communication within and among people and organizations in the movement to save and improve housing,” according to a note from the editors at the time. While much has changed since, New York City is still facing many of the same challenges — in affordable housing and a looming fiscal crisis.

Help us build a more equitable city. Make a donation of $200+ by September 30, and you’ll receive our limited-edition book: 45 Stories, 45 Years: City Limits’ History of Covering NYC, offering a collection of historical news and photos of our city coverage since 1976.
 
 
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