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“I don’t know where Tom would have directed his reporting this week if he were still out there,” writes former colleague...
05/29/2025

“I don’t know where Tom would have directed his reporting this week if he were still out there,” writes former colleague and City Limits editor Jarrett Murphy. “But one thing I know for certain is that he would care, and he would try. None of us has an excuse to do less.”

"It was more important to Tom to be right than to be famous — 'right’ meaning not just factually accurate but also morally correct. Tom was not a prophet or zealot; he lived in a complicated city like the rest of us. But he knew that when encountering moral ambiguity, you had to think

NYC deposits millions in corporate banks. A public bank, argues oped author Doug Turetsky, "would use these funds to pri...
05/29/2025

NYC deposits millions in corporate banks. A public bank, argues oped author Doug Turetsky, "would use these funds to prioritize investments in city needs rather than helping to sweeten the bottom lines of some of the biggest commercial banks in the world."

"Some say the need for a municipal bank is even greater as the Trump administration plots cuts to housing, green energy and other

The state commits 30% of its energy efficiency & building electrification funds for low- and moderate- income New Yorker...
05/29/2025

The state commits 30% of its energy efficiency & building electrification funds for low- and moderate- income New Yorkers. The rest is earmarked for properties linked to homeowners or renters in higher income brackets, something advocates fought to change.

The state’s Public Service Commission commits only 30 percent of the funding that goes into energy saving programs to low- and moderate- income New Yorkers. The rest will be earmarked for residential and commercial properties that are linked to homeowners or renters in higher income

“What makes reporting the greatest job in the world is that you get to talk to people and hear their stories,” Tom Robbi...
05/29/2025

“What makes reporting the greatest job in the world is that you get to talk to people and hear their stories,” Tom Robbins, City Limits editor from 1980-1985, once said. “[It] allowed me to be a witness to the battles everyday New Yorkers were waging.”

Remembering journalist and former City Limits editor Tom Robbins, who died this week after decades spent sharing the stories of New Yorkers who, as he put it, "were at work in the trenches...trying to do what government had refused to do" for their

Normally a proposal of this scale would go through the city’s public review process, ULURP. Instead, the Brooklyn Marine...
05/28/2025

Normally a proposal of this scale would go through the city’s public review process, ULURP. Instead, the Brooklyn Marine Terminal development will be governed by the state's General Project Plan, which critics say offers less transparency & inclusivity.

"I can't vote yes on a project in which the majority of the community doesn't know what's going on," Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who sits on the task force that will vote on a final proposal for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, said at a rally in early April. "I'm on the task force

The board's chair said the change was prompted by public testimony “on the impact of potential rent increases on tenants...
05/28/2025

The board's chair said the change was prompted by public testimony “on the impact of potential rent increases on tenants whose incomes are not keeping pace with the rising cost of living.” It’s still far from the rent freeze housing advocates want.

The board, which votes each year on rent changes for New York City's nearly 1 million regulated apartments, is now considering an increase between 3.75 (down from 4.75) to 7.75 percent on two-year leases starting Oct. 1. It's still far from the rent freeze housing advocates want.

“Let’s be clear: a 436-foot medical tower has no place in Lenox Hill or any residential neighborhood. This is a communit...
05/27/2025

“Let’s be clear: a 436-foot medical tower has no place in Lenox Hill or any residential neighborhood. This is a community defined by its human-scale architecture, its walkability, and its residential character.”

"Let’s be clear: a 436-foot medical tower has no place in Lenox Hill or any residential neighborhood. This is a community defined by its human-scale architecture, its walkability, and its residential character." An illustration of the proposed redevelopment. (Image via Northwell Health) As a long-...

The board, which votes each year on rent changes for NYC’s nearly 1 million regulated apartments, is now considering an ...
05/27/2025

The board, which votes each year on rent changes for NYC’s nearly 1 million regulated apartments, is now considering an increase between 3.75 (down from 4.75) to 7.75% on two-year leases. It’s still far from the rent freeze tenant advocates want.

The board, which votes each year on rent changes for New York City's nearly 1 million regulated apartments, is now considering an increase between 3.75 (down from 4.75) to 7.75 percent on two-year leases starting Oct. 1. It's still far from the rent freeze housing advocates want.

"Nobody in the group is opposed to housing. Nobody is opposed to resiliency upgrades. But the process has been pre-deter...
05/27/2025

"Nobody in the group is opposed to housing. Nobody is opposed to resiliency upgrades. But the process has been pre-determined from the beginning, so all of the community input, what does it even mean?" said Voices of the Waterfront member Benjamin Werner.

"I can't vote yes on a project in which the majority of the community doesn't know what's going on," Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, who sits on the task force that will vote on a final proposal for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, said at a rally in early April. "I'm on the task force

On Wednesday, the State Senate's housing committee will meet regarding several bills, including T**A, which would give t...
05/27/2025

On Wednesday, the State Senate's housing committee will meet regarding several bills, including T**A, which would give tenants the opportunity to buy the building they live in if it's being sold. Find this and more in our weekly housing calendar:

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending

The probe is the third done at the request of public housing tenants who serve on the comptroller’s NYCHA Resident Audit...
05/26/2025

The probe is the third done at the request of public housing tenants who serve on the comptroller’s NYCHA Resident Audit Committee, in response to “complaints of a lack of transparency” about how funds are being doled out.

The probe is the third done at the request of public housing tenants who serve on the comptroller's NYCHA Resident Audit Committee, in response to "complaints of a lack of transparency" about how funds are being doled out.

Así que para hablar de lo sucedido en mayo en Nashville, invitamos a Lisa Sherman Luna, Directora Ejecutiva de la Tennes...
05/26/2025

Así que para hablar de lo sucedido en mayo en Nashville, invitamos a Lisa Sherman Luna, Directora Ejecutiva de la Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition.

En Nashville, Tennessee, una serie de controles policiales de la la Patrulla de Carreteras de Tennessee (Tennessee Highway Patrol) a principios de mayo se convirtió en el arresto de casi 200 inmigrantes por parte de Servicio de Control de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en

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