Families Displaced By Superstorm Sandy Are Running Out Of Time
Apr 28, 2013
NEW YORK — Since being displaced by Superstorm Sandy from their Far Rockaway apartment, Cherrell Manuel and her four children have lived in two different hotels. At the Park Central Hotel Last Updated (Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:03 PM)
A Harlem Voice For Tenants In Albany?
Feb 13, 2013
ALBANY, N.Y. — Assemblyman Keith Wright has resided at the same apartment at the storied Riverton Houses in Harlem for all of his 58 years. “Not many people can say Last Updated (Tuesday, March 12, 2013 04:32 PM)
Who Will Live In Bloomberg's Micro-Apartments?
Jan 21, 2013
NEW YORK — Nicole Guzzardi's first experience living in Manhattan was, to say the least, cramped. She had gotten herself a sub-300-square-foot studio in the Lower East Side, but space was Last Updated (Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:17 AM)
Council Wants To Force Landlords To Fix 'Underlying Conditions'
Jan 09, 2013
NEW YORK – After moving from a homeless shelter to an apartment in the South Bronx, Kymm Moore said he found his new home plagued with mice, mold and multiple Last Updated (Wednesday, March 27, 2013 10:18 AM)
After losing rent subsidy, disabled NYers face eviction
Jun 04, 2012
NEW YORK – Judith Patel, a disabled senior who was homeless for years until she got her apartment in 2009, is going to housing court this week for the third Last Updated (Tuesday, June 12, 2012 01:55 PM)
NY tenant groups gear up for another round
May 29, 2012
Gov. Andrew Cuomo touted it as “the greatest strengthening of rent laws in decades” when the state Legislature approved a package of bills last year that renewed the city’s rent Last Updated (Monday, June 18, 2012 10:53 AM)
Court Finds City Isn't Obligated to Continue Housing Program
Apr 11, 2012
Photo by iheartfishtown When a group of battered women and homeless individuals and families, agreed to leave public shelters and become tenants of private but rent subsidized apartments offered by Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 10:48 AM)
Council Acts on Foreclosures
Feb 02, 2012
Photo by William Alatriste First your heat is turned off. Then the leaks start. Mold is growing and harmful lead paint begins to peel. Countless calls to the landlord go unreturned, Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 04:12 PM)
Politics Thwart Brooklyn Housing
Jan 24, 2012
Photo by drocpsu Homelessness is at a record-breaking high in New York City, and affordable housing remains scarce. In the case of one housing development project in Brooklyn, political and religious Last Updated (Monday, January 07, 2013 10:06 AM)
Sharp Criticism Greets Bid to Limit Access to Homeless Shelters
Nov 10, 2011
Photo by Gail Robinson City Councilmembers Stephen Levin, Annabel Palma and Jumaane Williams sharply criticized the city's plan to tighten eligibility requirement for homeless adults to gain access to the city's Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 04:12 PM) |