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Stated Meeting: Keeping Eyes on the Tenant Watch List

May 21, 2009

Photo (cc) Herve Boinay Patrick and Tari Kelly had no idea they were blacklisted. They were Midtown subletters for two years, until their temporary landlord decided to renovate the building. They moved

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 04:27 PM)

 

A Tangle of Problems Links Prison, Foster Care

Apr 13, 2009

Photo (cc) sean94110 Wanda Chambers came to understand motherhood in an unlikely setting: the solitude of a maximum-security prison. Chambers, now 41, had struggled with addiction for years; she had tried treatment

Last Updated (Friday, May 25, 2012 11:21 AM)

 

Council Extends Rent Stabilization

Mar 24, 2009

Photo (cc) great_sea   Rent stabilized tenants can rest assured their apartments will remain on regulated rolls for another three years. The City Council approved a three-year extension of rent stabilization by a

Last Updated (Wednesday, May 22, 2013 03:03 PM)

 

Priced Out: Council Looks to Keep Apartments Affordable

Mar 18, 2009

The signs of eviction -- abandoned furniture dotting the hallways, renovation crews climbing stories with paint cans in tow -- characterize the latter years of Terry Bocanelli's stint on the

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 11:42 AM)

 

Giving Foster Teens a Place to Call Home

Aug 04, 2008

Photo by Arpan MunierWhen he was 17, Emmit Hunter (right) moved into the foster home of Karen Zimmerman, who has 3 grown children. (This article is adapted from Child Welfare Watch

 

Housing as a Human Right

Nov 26, 2007

The New York City’s affordable housing crisis has brought housing advocates together to seek political solutions to what is commonly seen as an economic problem: There is not enough housing

 

Workers Speak Out About Homeless Program

Oct 26, 2007

The chill in the air on October 12 outside the city’s intake center for homeless families was unexpected – it had been unseasonably hot – but perhaps fitting: The administration had announced

 

Hard Times in the Projects

Aug 20, 2007

About 30 years ago, living in a city housing project had its advantages. “ I remember when I was in middle school and elementary school everyone wanted to come to my

 

A New Program to Fight Homelessness

May 30, 2007

This article was corrected on June 7, 2007. For more information, see our Corrections Page. Less than three years after the city implemented its Housing Stability Plus rent subsidy

 

Artist Displacement

Nov 21, 2006

From Soho to the Lower East Side to Williamsburg, the story has been more or less the same – artists move in, eventually helping to cause the neighborhood to go