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City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. A Rent Guidelines Board meeting in 2023. The board will meet Thursday morning. (Adi Talwar) Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events […]

“Through a tax on the mega-rich, the Livable New York Act would fund 100,000 units of deeply affordable housing and transition every building in New York off of fossil fuels over the next 10 years—all while creating tens of thousands of good union jobs for New Yorkers.” Mayor Eric Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul at

According to advocates who spoke with City Limits, the memorandum is yet another effort by the Trump administration to target immigrants and doesn’t constitute a basis for eviction. HUD Secretary Scott Turner and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announcing the “American Housing Programs for American Citizens” memo on March 24, 2025. (YouTube/HUD) On March 24, the

“Some families live in the shelter system that is meant to be temporary for years. We need concrete responses and leadership, not just campaign slogans, regarding candidates’ plans to address these issues.” A family outside the city’s former shelter for immigrants at Floyd Bennett Field in 2023. Photo by Adi Talwar. In New York, there

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here. What’s going on with the stalled Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park project? City Limits has the latest. (Photo by Adi Talwar) Welcome to “What Happened in NYC Housing This Week?” where we compile

“When polls only ask people how they feel about ‘tough-on-crime’ solutions, they receive only validation for those very solutions.” A rally last year in support of the city’s mental health clubhouses. (Gerardo Romo/NYC Council Media Unit) As budget negotiations continue in Albany and the mayoral primary heats up in New York City, more and more

“While I cannot always prevent pollution from entering my kids’ lungs, I can call on Gov. Hochul to move forward with cap-and-invest and pass strong climate legislation.” Climate groups staged a rally in March calling for Gov. Hochul to move faster on climate policies. Photo by Noemie Trusty. It’s every parent’s nightmare: knowing something is harming

Environmentalists have long charged that New York is falling short of its climate mandates. Now, they’re taking the state to court, New York Focus reports. Less than a year ago, Governor Kathy Hochul talked about cap and invest as if it were already up and running. Her recent about-face is at the center of a

“In the last four years, much has changed about Latino voting trends, shaped by Donald Trump’s re-emergence, the aftermath of COVID, the exodus of many Latinos and the arrival of others, and dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party.” Photo by Adi Talwar. Four years ago, I wrote a series for Gotham Gazette on the all-important Latino

Supporters of the Housing Access Voucher Program say it’s needed now more than ever to curb rising homelessness, and as another federal rent subsidy is expected to run out of funding next year. But Gov. Kathy Hochul has yet to embrace the initiative. Tenant organizers with the Housing Justice for All Coalition rallying at the