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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)

 

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)