Tag: Housing

• Bronx Rezoning Stokes Relocation Fears — Commissioners Demand Legally Binding Return and Voucher Guarantees for 91 Mapes Court Tenants Ahead of July 1 Hearing

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  Jul 5

  The City Planning Commission’s June 29, 2026 review session examined the Sjourer Truth–Mapes rezoning in Bronx Community District 6 and featured repeated commissioner questions about what enforceable, legally binding protections… more ›

• NYC Declares Code Red Heat Emergency, Deploys 200+ Outreach Teams and Cool Vans — Press Briefing Offers No Public Audit or Contact Targets

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  Jul 5

  New York City activated a Code Red heat emergency and expanded street outreach ahead of a July 3–5 heat surge, sending teams, cooling vans, LinkNYC kiosk directions and hundreds of… more ›

• NYC Activates Heat Emergency: Javits Center and 200+ Cooling Sites Open July 3–5 — Find Day‑by‑Day Locations at nyc.gov/beattheheat or 311

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  Jul 5

  New York City activated its heat emergency plan ahead of an extreme-heat stretch over the July 3–5 weekend, opening hundreds of cooling centers (including the Javits Center July 3–5) and… more ›

• City Deploys 15 H+H ‘Cool Vans’ and 200+ Outreach Teams to Reach Unsheltered New Yorkers During Extreme Heat

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  Jul 5

  A Mayor’s Office heat‑emergency briefing on June 30, 2026 announced 15 Health + Hospitals “cool vans” and expanded street outreach as New York City prepared for an extreme heat wave;… more ›

• Developers Pledge Same Rent and Paid Moves for 91 Mapes Court Households — HPD Regulatory Agreement to Lock in Relocation to Sojourner Truth by 2030

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  Jul 5

  Sojourner Truth/Mapes Court developers tell the City Planning Commission they will preserve current rents for the 91 Mapes Court households during relocation, memorialize the promise in a regulatory agreement with… more ›

• At City Hall Mamdani Blasts Corporate Landlords, Health Insurers and Monopolies — But Offers No New City Policy

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  Jul 5

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a 250th‑anniversary civic address and naturalization ceremony at New York City Hall on July 3, 2026, criticizing corporate landlords, health‑insurance industry abuses, and concentrated corporate and… more ›

• Residents Demand Dewatering and Hudson River Discharge Analysis in Independence Plaza DEIS, Citing Cumulative Risk with Battery Park City

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  Jun 26

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO At a June 26, 2026 public scoping meeting, the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP) heard community testimony demanding that the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the… more ›

• Independence Plaza Seeks 1,090‑Foot Tower and ~1,391 Units in Lower Manhattan; Neighbors Warn of Shadows, Displacement

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  Jun 26

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO At a June 26, 2026 scoping meeting for the Independence Plaza Large-Scale Residential Development (LSRD) modification, city planners and the applicant presented plans for a new 1,090-foot residential… more ›

• Council Advances Dwight Clinton Park North Rezoning Despite $200K Park Pledge — NYC Parks Says Bathroom + Play-Area Repairs Could Total ~$12M

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  Jun 26

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO The City Council Committee on Land Use voted on modifications to the Dwight Clinton Park North rezoning applications on June 25, 2026, while testimony at the hearing contrasted… more ›

• Land Use Committee Approves Greenpoint’s Monitor Point: 662 Permanently Affordable Homes, 1+ Acre Waterfront and USS Monitor Museum

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  Jun 26

  The City Council Committee on Land Use voted on modifications to the Monitor Point rezoning in Greenpoint on June 25, 2026, approving changes that raise the number of permanently affordable… more ›

• HASSA Flags Risk to HOPWA and Ryan White Grants at NYC Hearing — City Says It’s Building Contingency Plans to Protect HIV Housing Services

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  Jun 25

  NYC Council committees held an oversight hearing on June 24, 2026, focused on housing instability and homelessness among LGBTQ+ New Yorkers and asked the HIV/AIDS Services Administration (HASSA) what contingency… more ›

• NYC Council Probes ASUS Place and Marsha’s House After Complaints — ASUS at 109 Residents; Marsha’s House Reports 28 Permanent Placements

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  Jun 25

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO City Council oversight hearing on June 24, 2026 reviewed occupancy, complaints, inspection notes, and housing outcomes for ASUS Place (the city’s dedicated trans and gender non-conforming shelter) and… more ›

• NYC Council Hearing: Family Rejection and SOGI Undercounts Fuel LGBTQIA Homelessness Crisis — Advocates Push for Outreach to Couch‑Surfing, Unsheltered Youth

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  Jun 25

  New York City Council committees held an oversight hearing on June 24, 2026, examining homelessness and housing instability among LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual) New Yorkers, testimony… more ›

• City Planning Commission Hears Long Island City 84-Unit Project and Murray Hill Rezoning — Floodproofing, Green Infrastructure Demanded

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  Jun 18

  New York City Planning Commission (CPC) held a public meeting on June 17, 2026, to hear public testimony and review environmental assessments for multiple rezonings and mixed‑use projects — including… more ›

• Mamdani Announces Universal Child Care — 2,000 Seats Start Sept. 2026 — City-Run Groceries and Plan to Preserve/Build 400,000 Homes

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  Jun 17

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani used a Juneteenth ceremony at Gracie Mansion on June 16, 2026 to reiterate plans for universal child care, city‑run grocery stores, and “hundreds of thousands” of permanently… more ›