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Trump Says Affordable Housing is On The Table for Sunnyside Yards, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing - City Limits (opens the original)
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump met at Gracie Manion this week to take their Sunnyside Yards housing discussions to “a new level.” A revived plan to build housing over Sunnyside Yards in Queens gained a bit more steam this week after President Donald Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani agreed to ramp up conversations about the development. The idea for the project was resuscitated in February after the mayor pitched the president on building a deck over the 180-acre railyard in the ce
For Some Kids Living In Shelters, Back to School Means Long Commutes - City Limits (opens the original)
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Nearly 40 percent of homeless families with children are placed in shelters outside the borough of their child’s school, forcing long commutes, early mornings, and strained community ties. Back to school should mean school supplies, new outfits, and reunions with friends. For Nyasia Neal, 43, and her sons Nyeem, 16, and Royal, 6, it has meant early mornings and hours spent commuting. Neal and her sons were doubling up in an apartment in Brownsville, Brooklyn, with Neal’s mother, who had a Sectio
A Rezoning Grows In Brooklyn, And What Else Happened This Week In Housing - City Limits (opens the original)
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After voters passed measures that could compel Bay Ridge to permit more housing, Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso decided to advance her own rezoning—and get the district out of the affordable housing basement. It looks like Bay Ridge is going to be on the affordable housing naughty list. Thanks to ballot measures passed by voters in November, the 12 community districts in New York City that have seen the least affordable housing growth over the past five years will be required to speed up new bu
NYC Is Getting New Public Bathrooms. Homeless New Yorkers Have Questions. - City Limits (opens the original)
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A new pilot program for public restrooms requires tap access with a phone or key card. Homeless advocates say it could be another barrier for unhoused New Yorkers being able to access them. When you gotta go, you gotta go. Just make sure you have a charged phone or you planned far enough ahead to get a special key card—two requirements for accessing the city’s newest public bathrooms. The mayor announced a pilot program Wednesday morning to add 17 free public restrooms around the city. While the
Is It Finally COPA's Year? - City Limits (opens the original)
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The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), which would give some tenants and community groups pathways to bid early on certain buildings that go up for sale, finally has support of Council, city housing officials, and the mayor. There was tempered optimism among housing advocates gathered outside City Hall Wednesday morning. They had been down this road before. Last year, Councilmember Sandy Nurse finally passed the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, which would give community groups
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