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 |