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Opinion: How Last-Mile Delivery Can Reduce NYC's Congestion
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (369+ words) The goal shouldn't be to freeze this industry in place. It should be to accelerate the transition already underway'more walkers, more e-bikes, more waterfront freight, more operators building career ladders from the ground up." New York City has set ambitious…...
NY State Senator & Judiciary Chair Sep'lveda Was No-Show for Housing Court Clients
19+ hour, 44+ min ago (1504+ words) On at least four occasions, New York State Sen. Luis Sep'lveda, who also has a private law practice, failed to appear in court for tenants he was defending from eviction. Housing court judges chastised him at least twice, and more…...
Opinion: Corporate Democrats Who Refuse to Tax the Rich Are Protecting Their Donors. Vote Them Out.
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (339+ words) Now is the time for new leaders to fight for working people. A more affordable New York starts with changing who represents us in Albany and passing policies that unrig our deeply inequitable tax system." Here's what most establishment Democrats…...
What You Need to Know: How to Apply for WIC Food Benefits in New York
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (922+ words) The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)one of the few federal programs open to applicants regardless of their immigration statusprovides food to children under 5 years old, as well as to low-income pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding…...
Opinion: Fulfilling New York's Legal and Moral Obligation to Support Children's Behavioral Health
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (226+ words) Jeanmarie Evelly, City Limits' Executive Editor since 2021, joined the team in 2018, previously serving as youth program manager, deputy editor, and managing editor. A veteran metro reporter, she covered Astoria and Long Island City for DNAinfo. com and reported for Bronx…...
NYC Housing Calendar, April 7-14
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (113+ words) City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Welcome to City Limits'NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land…...
At NYCHA's Hammel Houses, Residents Wait for Sandy-Damaged Community Center to Reopen
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (839+ words) Tyra-Jasmine Boisson remembers hula-hooping in the gym and playing board games while she waited in the Hammel Houses" Community Center for her mom to pick her up. "They had great hot dogs, great burgers'get as many as you want, drinks,…...
Opinion: Expanding the J-51 Tax Incentive is Key Co-ops Staying Affordable'And Becoming Sustainable
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (359+ words) By passing the expanded J-51 proposal in this year's budget, the governor and legislature have a chance to help co-ops afford the energy upgrades mandated by Local Law 97, keep monthly maintenance fees from skyrocketing, and enable residents to continue affording their…...
Opinion: SNAP Incentives Don't Match How New Yorkers Actually Shop
1+ week, 1+ day ago (324+ words) Updating these programs to reflect how people actually buy food would allow a promising idea to finally operate at the scale New York's food insecurity requires." That mismatch matters. Nationwide, roughly 80 percent of SNAP purchases occur at large grocery retailers,…...
How NYC Closed Tens of Thousands of 'No Heat' Complaints Without Conducting an Inspection
1+ week, 1+ day ago (1822+ words) Record numbers of New Yorkers called 311 to report heat and hot water outages during this winter's cold snap. But a quirk of the city housing agency's response procedure meant that buildings with multiple complaints saw thousands of them closed without…...