Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking the Trump administration for greater support for vaccine distribution, including extra doses to cover city commuters from other states. The post City Pushes Feds ...
https://citylimits.org/2021/01/05/city-pushes-feds-to-deliver-more-vaccines-to-nyc/
The full impact of the tension between slow-growing incomes and swelling costs for essentials in the city is most visible when you look at what—if anything—is left over after the bills for li...
https://citylimits.org/2019/06/19/stringer-costs-affordability-housing-childcare/
One topic of profound disagreement between tenant advocates and property owners is preferential rents. Newly released data this week provides some important background on how those rent discounts...
While the poverty rate among older New Yorkers declined slightly, a massive surge in the over-65 population meant more people were living in poverty. In some areas, the poverty problem grew more ...
In a city with crowded streets, a rising population and soaring land prices, most New York City parking is free. Experts say that contributes to a shortage of spaces that generates traffic, obstr...
https://citylimits.org/2019/02/21/parking-problems-growing-solutions-fees/
The detailed study by the city's Independent Budget Office set out to address questions that have dogged the de Blasio plan, as they dogged the Bloomberg administration’s housing plan before it...
The number of evictions has dropped again, but some areas were still hit hard. The post What Does the City’s Eviction Data Really Mean? appeared first on City Limits .
https://citylimits.org/2019/02/08/what-does-the-citys-eviction-data-really-mean/
There's a Neighborhood Advisory Council in each of the four boroughs where the de Blasio administration plans to build a new jail facility to facilitate the closing of Rikers Island. Here's what ...
https://citylimits.org/2019/01/21/whos-advising-the-city-on-its-new-jails-plan/
New York City certainly knows how much it owes to municipal bondholders—about $37 billion—for lending it the money to build bridges, schools and other important stuff. But it doesn't know who...
https://citylimits.org/2018/12/18/urbanerd-who-holds-new-york-citys-debt/
Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it's still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs. The post New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-...