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In NYC, low-income residents are 1.2x more likely to live within half a mile of a warehouse, the report found, and 75% are located within "disadvantaged communities"—areas already disproportionately burdened by climate change. citylimits.org/delivery-war...
“The reason why a lot of these warehouses are placed where they are is based on histories of redlining,” said @envdefensefund.bsky.social's Karla Sosa. “There are certain communities that are targeted on a recurring basis for these types of developments.” citylimits.org/delivery-war...
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 citylimits.org/la-gente-sig...
The center has served walk-in clients with meals and chairs to sleep in for over 35 years. The city planned to let its contract expire this month—but a judge wants to take a closer look, citing the high need for homeless services during a housing crisis. citylimits.org/midtown-home...
The grassroots groups @vocal-ny.bsky.social and @takerootnyc.bsky.social surveyed more than 200 adults in the system last year, and only 30% reported having a computer room at their shelter, while less than a quarter of respondents said they had access to Wi-Fi.
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Backed by the Mamdani admin, Pinnacle tenants are fighting to hold their new owner to repair promises they made when they bought the buildings @ auction. They say the pressure & a one-of-a-kind relationship w City Hall secured forgiveness for rent debt. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social buff.ly/UOyKybW
The overt support for tenant unions from the mayor’s office is a new phenomenon in a city with historically entrenched real estate interests. Mamdani's efforts to partner with tenants, one expert said, are "precedented, but at an unprecedented scale." citylimits.org/pinnacle-ten...
Every homeless shelter in New York will be required to have Wi-Fi under a state bill passed by lawmakers in Albany Friday—what supporters say will help close a long-standing digital divide that's left thousands of unhoused adults behind. citylimits.org/state-lawmak...
Advocates and a Brooklyn City Council member are asking the city to create guidelines for how schools should respond to the presence of ICE agents nearby, and set up a system for alerting families and students. citylimits.org/people-are-s...
The NYC Rent Guidelines Board will meet in the Bronx tonight to take testimony from the public as its member consider whether to raise rents this year for tenants in stabilized apartments. Find this and other upcoming events in our weekly calendar: citylimits.org/nyc-housing-...
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The Mamdani administration claimed a partial victory when it got the new owner of 5,000 rent stabilized units in the Pinnacle portfolio to promise repairs and clear housing code violations.
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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 ...
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 ...
Advocates say the legislation will ensure people in shelters have reliable internet service as they search for work, housing and other resources.
