Your ConEd Bill Is Ready!
BY NOELLE RANGRAS “The five scariest words in the English language are, ‘Your ConEd bill is ready!’” Said Chi Ossé, the City Councilmember representing Bedford-Stuyvesant …[read more]
Housing
PRIVATE EQUITY OWNS HALF OF HOME CARE AGENCIES IN NYS, CORNELL ILR RESEARCHERS SAY
BY NOELLE RANGRAS Private equity (PE) firms now control roughly half of the home care sector in New York State, Cornell University researchers said at …[read more]
Public Housing Residents and Council Demand More Accountability From NYCHA
BY ALBINA CEKA Long repair delays, poor communication, confusing directives: New York City Housing Authority residents aired their grievances and demanded more accountability from the …[read more]
NY Council Questions Agency’s Ability to Care for Homeless Youth
BY RIVER FLEISCHNER Councilmember Althea Stevens questioned the city’s Department of Youth and Community Development’s (DYCD) efforts to meet the needs of runaway and …[read more]
South of Prospect Residents Call for Affordable Housing and Better Infrastructure
BY BARBARE AKHALKATSI On Sept. 15 South of Prospect residents gathered for the very first workshop of a long-term improvement plan for the corridors of …[read more]
City Council Committee on Housing and Building Holds Hearing for The Mayors New Housing Plan
By Cyrus Storlie Members of Zorhan Mamdani’s administration spent almost four hours Wednesday responding to a cordial and primarily procedural line of questioning from …[read more]
Manhattan BP Advocates for Affordable Housing Reform at Brooklyn Poll Site
BY MARYANA AVERYANOVA At the John Jay Educational Campus in Brooklyn, outgoing Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, who will be the New York City Comptroller, …[read more]
Educational Housing Services Unveils New Hudson Yards Campus
BY ALFONSO ABREU Educational Housing Services (EHS), joined by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, celebrated the completion of its third student housing campus, Hudson Yards, with …[read more]
Rockaway Project Expands Affordable Housing with City Council Vote
BY JAIDA DENT The path to affordable housing is more clear for the Rockaways, as the New York City Council passed a new amendment to …[read more]
City Council Pushes Administration on Housing Discrimination
BY EMILY SUHR As federal housing protections weaken, New York City officials say they are stepping up local enforcement efforts to ensure tenants can still …[read more]