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NYCHA to Reopen Section 8 Waitlist After 15 Years. Here’s How to …
May 22, 2024 · Apartment buildings in Manhattan. After a nearly 15-year closure, the New York City Housing Authority will reopen the Section 8 waitlist on June 3, giving New Yorkers across 200,000 households a fresh shot at a coveted, federally-backed rental voucher. Mayor Eric Adams first teased the move during his State of the City address back in January.
What About Those Judges? A Guide to NYC’s 2021 Judicial Ballot
Nov 2, 2021 · Below is an overview of those on the ballot Nov. 2. The offices, according to NYC Votes: State Supreme Court justices oversee large felony and civil cases within their districts, including divorce, separation, annulment proceedings, civil matters exceeding $25,000 as well as criminal prosecutions of felonies.
NY’s Housing Deal Is Here. What Does It Mean for Tenant Stability?
Based on 2024’s FMRs, New York City tenants will be excluded from good cause protections if their rent is over $5,846 for a studio, $6,005 for a one-bedroom, $6,742 for a two-bedroom, or $8,413 for a three-bedroom. “People in a luxury situation don’t need the protections,” Hochul told reporters Monday. Voting ‘yes’ Saturday, Salazar ...
National Grid is About to Raise Your Gas Bill to Cover $5 Billion in ...
Aug 19, 2024 · But starting Sept. 1, National Grid customers across New York City will see their monthly bills go up to help pay for approximately $5 billion in new investments to the gas system, including upgrades to the Greenpoint site, according to the company. A rate case, or a proceeding to raise utility rates to cover those costs, was approved Thursday by the Public Service Commission, the state’s ...
NYC Shelter Count - City Limits
The above chart is generated automatically from monthly data published under Local Law 37 of 2011 and Local Law 79 of 2022. The city unveiled a new format for reporting this information beginning in May 2023, and only began including data for recently-arrived immigrants in its Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs) in October 2023, reflecting data for August 2023.*
NYC’s New Housing Voucher Rules Will Drastically Expand Income ...
Nov 1, 2021 · The decision marks a significant adjustment to a new law that increased the value of CityFHEPS vouchers but capped renewal eligibility at 250 percent of the federal poverty line—equal to just $32,200 for a single adult and just under $55,000 for a family of three. Though recipients and their advocates celebrated the voucher boost, many warned ...
NYC Opens 300-Household Intake Shelter for Asylum Seekers in …
Sep 30, 2022 · New York City is opening its latest checkpoint for recently arrived immigrants, this time converting a hotel near Madison Square Garden into an intake and assessment center with rooms for nearly 300 families and single adults, City Limits has learned. Adi Talwar. The Stewart Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, which city officials will use as an intake ...
Need to Know: Taxi Medallions in New York - City Limits
Nov 30, 2019 · This price continued to rise up until 2014 when a medallion cost $ 1.3 million dollars. Afterwards, prices dropped and many of those who bought medallions at high prices, are now paying debts that average ranging between $500,000 and $600,000 dollars. Currently, the price of a taxi medallion ranges between $120,000 and $150,000.