Adult migrants without children seeking to extend their shelter stays will now need to prove they meet one of several extenuating circumstances to qualify for a bed beyond initial 30- or 60-day stints. The post City Starts Assessing Extenuating Circumstances for Migrants Seeking More Shelter Time appeared first on City Limits.

"Creating a citywide cultural festival of global proportions would give locals and visitors a powerful new reason to explore the five boroughs each year, while sharpening the citys creative edge amid an increasingly packed international calendar of must-do experiences." The post Opinion: Why NYC Needs a Five-Borough Cultural Festival appeared first on City ...

The city plans to close a longtime homeless services center called Mainchance, where locals go for food, support in their housing searches, and relief from the elements. The post Midtown Homeless Drop-In Center May Be Among City Budget Casualties appeared first on City Limits.

Passing this legislation before the end of the session allows legislators to implement a transformative emission reduction strategy, significantly improving air quality for their constituents, especially for communities living and working along bus routes and near bus depots. The post Opinion: Clean Air Legislation Offers a Road to Justice for New York ...

Mobilization for Justice has been operating for more than 12 weeks without the workers who typically execute its mission to combat economic injusticeits more than 100 unionized staff. The post Comptroller to Probe Legal Service Organizations Housing Court Performance During Strike appeared first on City Limits.

"Vending is a commercial enterprise that creates private income. Sidewalks are for all of us, and until now the city has sought to ensure that all those items that encroach on pedestrian space constitute a public service, such as parking meters, trees, and fire hydrants." The post Opinion: Proposed Vending Bill Would Hamper City’s Sidewalks appeared first ...

After three attempts to get permits for its pipeline project failed,Williams Companies Inc claims it's walking away. But as other companies seek to expand fracked gas infrastructure in New York, activists say the fight feels far from over. The post Williams Pipeline Saga Ends, But the Fight to Phase Out Gas Continues appeared first on City Limits.

Amid a steep rise in people living in shelter, few are exiting the system, and even fewer are finding housing, a City Limits analysis of public data shows. The post Exit Unknown: Where Do People Go After Leaving NYC Homeless Shelters? appeared first on City Limits.

"While increasing the housing supply is critical and has saturated most of the housing conversation, new housing will take years to come online. In the meantime, affordability is still a concern to many New Yorkers." The post Opinion: Albany Has Unfinished Business on Housing appeared first on City Limits.

City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. The post NYC Housing Calendar, May 14-20 appeared first on City Limits.

El 27 de marzo pasado se cumpli un ao desde que 40 hombres murieron en un incendio en un centro de detencin de inmigrantes tambin llamado estacin migratoria del Instituto Nacional de Migracin (INM) del gobierno federal mexicano, en la Ciudad Jurez. The post Qu ha pasado un ao despus del incendio en Ciudad Jurez donde murieron 40 inmigrantes? appeared first ...