“We are asking families to build stability on a timeline that does not match the cost of living in New York. If rent remains out of reach, temporary support does not solve the problem. It delays it.“ A sign from a demonstration outside City Hall in 2023, calling attention to the cityR
The number of New Yorkers sleeping in homeless shelters rose 27 percent under Mayor Eric Adams’ four years in office, driven by overcrowded housing conditions and evictions, according to a new report. The Coalition for the Homeless released its annual “State of the Homeless” report
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 author told City Limits. An Amazon truck
Los defensores y un concejal de Brooklyn piden a la ciudad que elabore una serie de directrices sobre cómo deben responder las escuelas ante la presencia de agentes de ICE en las inmediaciones, y que establezca un sistema para alertar a las familias y a los estudiantes. La concejal Alexa Avilés, rep
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 helped them negotiate rent debt forgiveness. P
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. Councilmember Alexa Avilés, who represents the predominantly Latino neighborh
Una investigación del periódico Newsday revela que en Long Island, en Nueva York, agentes del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de EE. UU. (ICE por sus siglas en inglés) han arrestado y detenido al menos a una docena de personas con Estatus de Inmigrante Juvenil provenientes de Centroamér
The city buildings department temporarily halted construction at a Hells Kitchen SRO where the owner is moving to evict rent-stabilized tenants to convert the building into a Times Square-adjacent hotel where rooms go for $220 a night. Several tenants have already fled, but those who’ve stayed
“El nivel de participación no es probablemente lo que podría haber sido”, dijo Pedro Suárez, el director ejecutivo del Third Avenue BID en el sur de Bronx. “Creo que las pequeñas empresas seguirán participando como puedan, pero es una lástima que se pierda esta oportunidad”. Un vendedor ambulante qu
“When New Yorkers need essential legal services—whether to defend their home, their family, or their freedom—they often rely on nonprofits funded by the city to deliver them. But for years, those same providers have been asked to do more with less.” A view of the Queens County Criminal C
The city’s “AC for All” initiative, launched in 2017, aimed to bring air conditioning to every public school classroom. But the policy doesn’t require the city to verify whether the units are functioning properly, or to extend cooling to common spaces. Air conditioners in the windo
“Housing must be treated as a community resource, not a commodity that necessitates profit. Our communities are stronger and safer when everyone has access to decent, stable housing.” Buildings along on 103rd Street in East Harlem. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) Most renters know the feeling o
Los beneficiarios deben demostrar que trabajan un número determinado de horas, realizan labores de voluntariado o participan en cursos de formación cada mes para conservar sus cupones de alimentos. “Es totalmente innecesario, y por eso estamos trabajando duro para combatirlo”, dijo la comisionada de
“Engagement is probably not what it could have been,” said Pedro Suarez, executive director of the Third Avenue BID in the South Bronx. “I do think that [small businesses] are still going to participate in the ways that they can, but it’s a missed opportunity.” A street vendor selling FIFA Wor
Join City Limits and the Brooklyn Arts Council Wednesday evening for an intimate conversation with acclaimed artist Jamel Shabazz about creativity, culture, survival, and success. Shabazz, above, snapping a shot of two young New Yorkers. (Credit: Terrence Jennings) Few photographers have captured th
“The city has not built enough of the housing that ends homelessness, especially supportive housing that combines permanent, affordable apartments with on-site services. Until that changes, more people will enter shelter than leave it.” A bed in a shelter the city opened earlier this. (Michael Apple
Participants must prove they work a certain number of hours, volunteer or take part in trainings each month to keep their food stamps. “It’s just totally unnecessary, and that’s why we’re working so hard to fight it,” said Social Services Commissioner Erin Dalton. A supermark
Según una encuesta de UnidosUS, en las elecciones de 2026 los votantes latinos están cada vez más preocupados por cuestiones económicas —como el aumento del costo de vida y la inflación, salarios y trabajos. Un colegio electoral en las viviendas Gunhill de la NYCHA, en el Bronx, el martes 4 de novie
“The approval of 144 St. Felix signals something important: preservation and growth are not opposing forces. New York does not have to choose between protecting its past and building for its future.” A rendering of the updated 144 St. Felix, courtesy of Courtesy of FXCollaborative. Walk
Journalist Sunny Nagpaul joins the nonprofit newsroom as a full-time reporter covering public housing and NYCHA. Reporter Sunny Nagpaul. City Limits on Friday announced a new addition to its editorial team, as journalist Sunny Nagpaul joins the nonprofit newsroom as a full-time reporter covering the
