covering housing and homelessness in NYC for @citylimitsnews, adjunct @nyuwagner tips on signal: pspauster.20
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Some personal news: I'm joining @citylimitsnews to cover housing and homelessness. Today is my first day! It's a publication I hold in great regard and a topic crucial to NYers. Hit me up with tips and all things housing, policy, and NYC [email protected]
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City lawmakers passed a bill that boosts the income eligibility threshold for SCRIE and DRIE, a program that freezes rents for tenants in rent-regulated apartments who are seniors or have disabilities. citylimits.org/more-new-york…
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A years-long campaign to give qualified nonprofit & community partnerships a chance to buy distressed buildings broke through the @NYCCouncil Thursday, @patrickspauster reports. The mayor is expected to sign the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) citylimits.org/council-passe…
COPA, a bill that had “been through the fire” will give some nonprofits first dibs when distressed buildings go up for sale.
It passed 38-9 in city council and should become law with the mayor’s support.
A years-long campaign to give qualified nonprofit & community partnerships a chance to buy distressed buildings broke through the @NYCCouncil Thursday, @patrickspauster reports. The mayor is expected to sign the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) citylimits.org/council-passe…
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NEW: The City Planning Commission, already getting some new powers to approve "fast track" affordable housing projects, is also getting some new faces—if the City Council approves. Story on @NYCMayor's nominations in @CityLimitsNews 👇
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Montefiore cited “resources” as the reason it put the Norwood News on “indefinite hiatus.” But the local paper cost ~ $200K annually, less than most salaries at the affiliated nonprofit that ran it and millions less than they spent at McKinsey thecityreporter.nyc/2026/10/…
NEW: The City Planning Commission, already getting some new powers to approve "fast track" affordable housing projects, is also getting some new faces—if the City Council approves. Story on @NYCMayor's nominations in @CityLimitsNews 👇
Click to see the picks! citylimits.org/mamdani-names…
Half a dozen electeds, led by Gov. Hochul, applauded a new affordable housing development on church land Friday, but have been quiet on efforts to permit the practice as-of-right across the state-a measure sidelined in two straight state budgets. citylimits.org/more-apartmen…
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Mayor Mamdani and 100+ elected officials are calling on NYC parking lot owners to ban ICE from their property.
Their letter invokes the recent ICE shooting in Marble Hill, blocks away from a Target parking lot that they said ICE had been using.
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22 NYC food pantries to start offering pet food
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fuck terminal 5 all my homies hate terminal 5 pastemagazine.com/music/term…
"@nysfocus spoke with 13 people who experienced or witnessed at least 14 encampment sweeps... In six of those 14 sweeps, people said city employees discarded belongings without giving them adequate time to gather them or offering storage." nysfocus.com/2026/10/06/nyc-…
City Limits gets results!
After City Limits’ @patrickspauster reported last winter on how the city closed out tens of thousands of tenants' heat complaints without conducting an inspection, the Mamdani administration announced it would overhaul how it handles those calls. citylimits.org/nyc-heat-seas…
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“One of the goals of the fast track is to promote fair housing, and fair housing includes undoing historic paradigms of segregation." – Director Sideya Sherman
The Affordable Housing Fast Track will help deliver a fairer, more affordable NYC.
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A recent change to how the city approves CityFHEPS vouchers, aimed at saving money on rent, required additional review that dragged out an already-protracted application process—causing some shelter residents to lose out on apartments. via @patrickspauster citylimits.org/savings-measu…
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Great stuff from Liberty practice today.
Asked Stewie if she ever feels overlooked after all she’s accomplished.
“Honestly, I know that I’m the best. I feel that every time I step on the court. Nobody can do what I do. I’m detaching from judgement.”
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NEW: It’s unclear how much of about $600 million will be used for Emergency Housing Vouchers in NYC.
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SHOCKING...ly boring
This morning, Randy Mastro told a judge he'd found "shocking" stuff in a tranche of documents City Hall handed over in a lawsuit challenging the rent freeze.
But texts he highlights, incl. between the mayor and an RGB member, aren't exactly damning.
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Come to this @citylimitsnews story for the map, stay for a sneaky important point: if the fast track works as hoped, it could cut into the city's residential segregation. citylimits.org/see-the-12-co…
