Seven landlords sued Wednesday to overturn New York City’s landmark rent freeze, accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration of steering the Rent Guidelines Board toward an outcome he promised during his campaign,…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani paired veteran city government and business leader Anthony Shorris with progressive antitrust champion Lina Khan on Wednesday to steer the city’s influential Economic Development Corporation away…
Executive Summary New York voters prioritize affordable energy and show limited support for energy and climate policies that could increase....
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A Supreme Court Judge ruled the city could be held liable for discrimination against a transgender woman who alleges the Department of Homeless Services refused to place her in a women’s or transgender shelter,…
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
"The problem is not merely terminology. It is the promotion of an unauthorized delivery method and, often, the suggestion that professional architectural services are included when the advertiser is not authorized to…
Rent-stabilized tenants at the historic Riverside Houses in Brooklyn Heights say years of neglect by their landlord, Pinnacle Group, has led to crumbling ceilings, brown water, and repeated pest infestations.
NYCHA is moving ahead with plans to rehabilitate a unique cluster of Manhattan brownstones, many of which are afforded landmark protection status, by converting the apartments to private management.
A corner of Monica Carrasco’s kitchen has metal shelves stacked with a toaster oven, a microwave, two hot plates and an air fryer.
The federal government passed its first housing bill in decades, finally taking up some of the solutions already tested in New York City.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s 23-point rental reform agenda is beginning to move toward implementation, with housing officials preparing agency changes and City Hall opening talks over proposals requiring legislation, as…
Council also passes legislation to provide workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals CITY HALL, NY – Today, the New York City Council voted to approve major land use projects that will collectively…
"The mayor deserves high praise for making food affordability a priority—but the approach is wrong.
The report provides a roadmap for how the Mamdani administration plans to strengthen enforcement, improve housing quality and make the market fairer, officials said.
After a nearly four-month stall, plans to demolish and rebuild 2,000 public housing apartments in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood are back on again.
New York State’s Department of Housing and Community Renewal last opened its Project-Based Section 8 waitlist in 2021.
A controversial plan to tear down and rebuild all 2,056 apartment units in NYCHA’s Fulton and Chelsea-Elliott Houses can move forward, an appeals court ruled last week.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
The city’s latest housing vs. parking battle is playing out at an East Village Mitchell-Lama co-op, where the board is considering the sale to raise money for their 60-year-old buildings.
The unstable Midtown building that forced evacuations after structural columns buckled has shown no additional movement since Tuesday morning, as crews continue installing emergency shoring inside the former Pfizer…
Almost 5,000 people were living on the street or in the subway during the annual homelessness count this year, the most since the census started in 2005.
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
New affordable housing is still concentrated in lower-income, high-density communities, while other areas see little to no development.
Battery energy storage facilities could improve grid efficiency and affordability while reducing reliance on fossil fuels.
After an attempt to save it failed in court, Manhattan elected officials are urging the Mamdani administration to reconsider its decision to close Mainchance, "the only homeless drop-in center located in East Midtown."
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
Transformative agreement with Mamdani Administration provides urgently-needed relief to thousands of households in FY27, ends years of litigation, and contains the cost of expansion CITY HALL, NY – Today, New York City…
Budget includes historic investment of $1,000 college savings accounts for every public school kindergartner, the largest-ever expansion of Fair Fares, expanded funding for housing vouchers, with investments in parks,…
Mayor Mamdani and the City Council reached a deal late Monday to expand city-subsidized rental assistance as part of a larger budget agreement.