4+ day, 17+ hour ago  (619+ words) Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal is hiring a full time organizer to create a borough-wide tenant union, continuing a trend of city government supporting tenant groups. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Manhattan's borough president, is hiring a longtime tenant organizer, Alejandro Coriat, to…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago  (399+ words) Officials attributed the spike in fatalities to a record-breaking June 2025 heat wave that killed 19 people. All but three who died last year were Black or Latino; many died at home, without air conditioning. At least 21 New Yorkers died from heat…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (323+ words) The economic data shows that'holding rents steady for one year'or even four'will not substantially disrupt the city budget nor the housing stock." The primary argument against a rent freeze is that landlords cannot afford to maintain their buildings without significant…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (496+ words) If New York City truly values affordable housing, it must also value the economic sustainability of the buildings and small owners providing that housing." New Yorkers, like Americans across the country, are struggling with affordability. As small property owners, we…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (1088+ words) Some lawmakers are considering a "no" vote on any budget deal that doesn't include a significant expansion of the city's housing voucher program, City FHEPS, revealing a rift with Council Speaker Julie Menin. The expansion has not appeared in either…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (105+ 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…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (361+ words) The core problem with New York's housing affordability is not, at its heart, a rent regulation problem. It is a divergence problem. Rents for existing affordable units have become increasingly affordable over time, while rents for new "affordable' units " have…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (746+ words) A post-pandemic boom in e-commerce correlated with statewide health inequities that are hitting low-income communities the hardest, the report found. "The reason why a lot of these warehouses are placed where they are is based on histories of redlining," its…...

2+ week, 12+ hour ago  (1156+ words) The Mamdani administration claimed a partial victory when it got the new owner of 5, 000 rent stabilized units to promise repairs and clear housing code violations. It looks like those efforts might be falling short, though tenants say the city's support…...

2+ week, 17+ hour ago  (890+ words) Advocates and a Brooklyn City Council member are asking the city to create a set of guidelines for how schools should respond to the presence of ICE agents nearby, and to set up a system for alerting families and students....