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2h ago
“The rent stabilized building bubble will persist as long as there are greater fools to cash out bad bets. If Albany bails out this market now, with bad data and before the market has started to price buildings properly, they risk turning taxpayers into the greatest fools of all.”
Adi Talwar
Apartments in the Bronx.CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today!
As the largest lender on New York’s rent stabilized apartment buildings, many analysts and commentators have blamed the collapse of New York Community Bank’s stock over the past few months in part on t ..read more
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18h ago
Mayor Eric Adams argued in new court filings that his administration has special authority as an “arm of the state”—part of an ongoing lawsuit filed in February over City Hall’s refusal to implement a suite of laws to expand access to city-funded rental vouchers.
Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Mayor Eric Adams at a housing-related press conference in late 2022.
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is doubling down on its refusal to implement a suite of laws to expand access to city-funded rental vouchers, arguing in new court documents that the City Council has encroached on the Depa ..read more
City Limits
2d ago
Tanto el Senado como la Asamblea estatal han incluido en sus propuestas presupuestarias reformas fiscales que beneficiarían a las personas con un número de identificación personal del contribuyente (ITIN por sus siglas en inglés), a menudo utilizadas por los trabajadores inmigrantes. Sus defensores afirman que ampliar los beneficios tributarios a esta población ayudaría a reducir la pobreza infantil.
Adi Talwar
Ciria Santiago con su hija en su apartamento de Queens el 8 de marzo de 2024. La familia de Santiago sería una de las beneficiarias del crédito fiscal propuesto para las familias traba ..read more
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2d ago
“Congestion pricing is just one of many tools that will help tame some of the city street chaos a generation of car-centric planning left us with. And one of the primary benefactors of congestion pricing will be automobile drivers themselves.”
Adi Talwar
Friday evening traffic near Times Square.
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Hundreds of supporters and critics of the city’s proposed congestion pricing tolling plan sounded off at a final public hearing with MTA officials on March 4 in lower Manhattan.
Among the critics was New Jersey Gov. Phil ..read more
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2d ago
While dozens of eligible voters are currently dispersed around the city, Bronx River Addition’s Building 11 remains a tight-knit community home to many Spanish speakers. Two ballot options promise expedited repairs, but could also require them to temporarily relocate.
Adi Talwar
Milagros Martínez, 78, in her 9th floor studio apartment in NYCHA’s Bronx River Addition, where she’s lived for 16 years.
Additional reporting and Spanish translation by Daniel Parra.
The lobby of Bronx River Addition’s Building 11, a mid-rise for seniors in Soundview, is plastered with information about lead and mol ..read more
City Limits
3d ago
Los estados que concentran el mayor número de latinas con título universitario son Vermont (54 por ciento), la capital del país Washington, D.C —conocida formalmente como el Distrito de Columbia— (53 por ciento) y Maine (41 por ciento). Los estados con más bajos porcentajes fueron Nevada (12 por ciento), Arkansas (12 por ciento) y Dakota del Norte (11 por ciento).
Michael Appleton/Oficina de Fotografía de la Alcaldía
Ceremonia de graduación del Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) el 9 de junio de 2022.
Hay un campo en el que las latinas de 25 años o más han logrado un gran avance e ..read more
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3d ago
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Adi Talwar
Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Know of an event we should include in next Monday’s calendar? Email jeanmarie@citylimits.org
Upcoming Housing and Land Use-Related Events:
Monday, March 25 at 6 p.m.: The NYC Commission on Human Rights will hold a class for ..read more
City Limits
3d ago
Both the Senate and the Assembly have included tax-related reforms in their “one-house” budget proposals that would impact those with Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers (ITINs), often used by immigrant workers. Advocates say extending credits to this population would help reduce child poverty.
Adi Talwar
Ciria Santiago with her daughter in their Queens apartment on March 8, 2024. Santiago’s family would be among those aided by the proposed Working Families Tax Credit. “I would use that money to save for my daughter’s college,” said Santiago.
In 2011, Ciria Santiago began filing taxes ..read more
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1w ago
“Too many nonprofits are waiting on money owed by the same city that tells nonprofits to prepare to do more with less, again and again.”
John McCarten/NYC Council Media Unit
A budget-related rally last year.CityViews are readers’ opinions, not those of City Limits. Add your voice today!
If you’re only reading headlines and press releases from the Mayor’s Office, you might feel relieved that the city’s budget challenges have been overcome. Maybe you’ve also read that the Independent Budget Office, the Mayor’s Office of Management and Budget, and City Council have all p ..read more
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1w ago
Mayor Adams announced this week that the Big Apple is getting 180 new electric school buses. But the city’s fleet still has over 10,000 buses running on polluting fossil fuels.
Adi Talwar
School buses parked in East New York, Brooklyn.
This week, New York City secured $61.1 million in federal funding from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for 180 new electric school buses—grant money to help the city move away from powering its fleet with oil and gas, the polluting fossil fuels that contribute to global warming.
“This grant will allow us to put more electric vehicles on our streets a ..read more