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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 13h
For Stephanie, a Brooklyn mom of three, securing a home away from her abuser offered “the chance to breathe.” But rental assistance alone isn’t always enough, according to a new report, which calls for vouchers to come paired with “aftercare” support for families. citylimits.org/the-move-tha...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 18h
Starting Oct 1, landlords are required to turn the heat on when the temperature drops below a certain threshold. Here’s what you need to know, including changes to how the city handles 311 calls about lack of heat. citylimits.org/nyc-heat-sea...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“The city faces long overdue reforms, but change is difficult, messy and requires thoughtful, innovative and bold approaches,” Harvey Robins writes. citylimits.org/opinion-how-...
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Opinion: How Mamdani Can Bring the Ethos of 'Pothole Socialism' to the City's Bureaucracy - City Limits
"The city faces long overdue reforms, but change is difficult, messy and requires thoughtful, innovative and bold approaches."
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
In an effort to save money on CityFHEPS housing vouchers, NYC began requiring a "rent reasonableness" test for each apartment. But advocates and say that's added "months" to the application process, keeping people in homeless shelters longer. citylimits.org/savings-meas...
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'Savings' Measure for Housing Vouchers Backfires, As City Eyes Application Reforms - City Limits
A change to how the city approves CityFHEPS vouchers, aimed at saving money on rent, required additional review by state and city agencies—and delays.
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Patrick Spauster @patrickspauster.com · 06/10/2026
City Limits gets results!
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
After City Limits’ @patrickspauster.com reported last winter on how the city closed out tens of thousands of tenants' heat complaints without conducting an inspection, the Mamdani administration announced it would overhaul how it handles those calls. citylimits.org/nyc-heat-sea...
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NYC 'Heat Season' is Here, With Some Changes - City Limits
Starting Oct 1, landlords are required to turn the heat on when the temperature drops below a certain threshold. Here’s what you need to know.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Each week, City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. citylimits.org/nyc-housing-...
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NYC Housing Calendar, Oct. 5-12 - City Limits
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"New York City’s affordability and climate crises are often treated as wholly separate problems," writes New York City Employment and Training Coalition CEO Gregory J. Morris. "Investments in the green economy give New York an opportunity to change that pattern." citylimits.org/opinion-new-...
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Opinion: New York's Green Economy Must Deliver Economic Justice - City Limits
"Every major climate investment should consider the workers and skills required, the employers expected to hire, and the pathways needed to connect New Yorkers to the work."
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Those who lost SNAP benefits this year due to new work requirements implemented by the Trump administration—which booted 26,500 New Yorkers from the program—now have a shot to reapply. citylimits.org/the-good-the...
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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: 3 Changes Coming to SNAP This October - City Limits
New Yorkers who lost their SNAP benefits for failing to comply with new work requirements can now reapply to receive them again for at least three months.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A recent change to how the city approves CityFHEPS vouchers, aimed at saving money on rent, required additional review that dragged out an already-protracted application process—causing some shelter residents to lose out on apartments. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/savings-meas...
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'Savings' Measure for Housing Vouchers Backfires, As City Eyes Application Reforms - City Limits
A change to how the city approves CityFHEPS vouchers, aimed at saving money on rent, required additional review by state and city agencies—and delays.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“It’s this feeling of relief for so many people at a time when costs are going up for so many other parts of our lives,” said Sumathy Kumar, director of Housing Justice for All, which helped organized tenants to push for a rent freeze. citylimits.org/rent-freeze-...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
New Yorkers who lost their food stamps for failing to comply with new work requirements can now reapply to receive at least three months of benefits. Meanwhile, SNAP participants will see an annual increase in their benefits, as the state grapples with federal cuts. citylimits.org/the-good-the...
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The Good, The Bad And The Ugly: 3 Changes Coming to SNAP This October - City Limits
New Yorkers who lost their SNAP benefits for failing to comply with new work requirements can now reapply to receive them again for at least three months.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The $214 million project represents the largest use to date of a program called Transfer of Assistance—a financing tool that allows the city to use public land, such as areas NYCHA owns, to create new, permanently affordable housing. citylimits.org/nycha-breaks...
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Patrick Spauster @patrickspauster.com · 01/10/2026
Come to this @citylimitsnews.bsky.social story for the map, stay for a sneaky important point: if the fast track works as hoped, it could cut into the city's residential segregation. buff.ly/44zJqqJ
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Construction is now underway for Sol on Park, 229 affordable senior units being built on open space at NYCHA’s Morris Houses campus. Many of the apartments are earmarked for current public housing residents and formerly homeless seniors. citylimits.org/nycha-breaks...
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NYCHA Breaks Ground for New Senior Apartments on Public Housing Land - City Limits
Construction is now underway for Sol on Park, 229 affordable senior units being built on open space at NYCHA's Morris Houses campus.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI: Renovations start this fall at NYCHA's Nostrand Houses, three years after residents there voted to join the new Preservation Trust—an entity created by the state to secure funds for public housing repairs. It's the first project financed this way. citylimits.org/public-housi...
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Public Housing Trust Finances Its First NYCHA Renovation Project in Brooklyn  - City Limits
Officials announced the closing of a $607 million deal to renovate over 1,000 apartments at Nostrand Houses, the first project financed through the Trust.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The UES and UWS, Elmhurst, and Bayside are among the communities that have built little affordable housing over the past 5 years, and now will see certain projects fast-tracked under new city rules. Check our map for the full list, via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/see-the-12-c...
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See the 12 Communities on New York City's Affordable Housing Naughty List - City Limits
The Upper East and West Sides, Elmhurst, and Bayside are among the communities that have built little affordable housing over the past five years.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
En la década de 1970, el edificio albergaba un centro de rehabilitación fundado por activistas que reclamaban mejores servicios médicos para el barrio de Mott Haven. Ahora, una fundación comunitaria local se hará cargo del espacio. citylimits.org/centro-medic...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Public Housing Preservation Trust, created in 2022, announced the closing of a $607 million deal to renovate over 1,000 apartments at Brooklyn’s Nostrand Houses. It’s the first project financed through the Trust. citylimits.org/public-housi...
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Public Housing Trust Finances Its First NYCHA Renovation Project in Brooklyn  - City Limits
Officials announced the closing of a $607 million deal to renovate over 1,000 apartments at Nostrand Houses, the first project financed through the Trust.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Policymakers hear 'last-mile delivery' and may picture a giant corporation. I picture my employees." citylimits.org/opinion-bill...
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Opinion: Bill to Overhaul Last-Mile Deliveries Would Hurt Businesses Like Mine - City Limits
"New York can have a serious conversation about how to improve last-mile delivery. But it has to include the people whose livelihoods are at stake."
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The change would more than double the fine—from $100 to $250—for owners with empty lots that create neighborhood eyesores. The number of neglected lots cleaned by the city directly has plunged in recent years, thanks to budget cuts under the prior admin. citylimits.org/nyc-looks-to...
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NYC Looks to Raise Penalties on Property Owners Who Fail to Keep Vacant Lots Clean - City Limits
The Sanitation Department wants to more than double the fine—from $100 to $250—for owners with empty lots that create neighborhood eyesores.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Part of the art is understanding how you're feeling even if you don’t have the language for it." citylimits.org/the-poet-in-...
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The Poet in Public Housing Who Turned Neighbors' Stories Into Sculptures - City Limits
"Revolving Voices," a series of sculptures by Astoria Houses residents Tamra Cosby, have fellow residents' words etched into them.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Tamra Cosby, 28, said it was “very humbling” to hear her Astoria Houses neighbors—some of whom she’s known for over a decade—speak candidly about personal doubts and worries. Her new sculptures have fellow residents’ words etched into them. citylimits.org/the-poet-in-...
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Mikey Sandmel @mikeysandmel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Big community land trust win in the Bx that has been a long time coming.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“The community envisioned this project,” said South Bronx Unite co-founder Mychal Johnson, “to provide these vital services that could help offset some of the structural inequalities and needs that the community has.” citylimits.org/south-bronx-...
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South Bronx Building Once Home to Young Lords' 'People's Detox Center' to Get New Life as Arts & Wellness Hub - City Limits
In the 1970s, the building on East 140th Street housed a rehab center founded by activists demanding better health services for the Mott Haven neighborhood.
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Center for Justice Innovation @innovatingjustice.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"No one should be evicted because they are waiting for paperwork to be processed," Viviana Gordon, deputy senior director of our Housing Justice Initiatives co-writes in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social with Oksana Mironova, director of housing policy at @cssnyorg.bsky.social.
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Opinion: Now that CityFHEPS Fight is Over, Let's Make Sure Vouchers Work - City Limits
"A rental assistance program cannot prevent homelessness if administrative problems lead to the very evictions it was designed to avoid."
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Each week, City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. citylimits.org/nyc-housing-...
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NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 28-Oct. 5 - City Limits
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In the 1970s, the building housed an addiction treatment center founded by activists demanding better healthcare for the Mott Haven neighborhood. A local community land trust will now take over the space, converting it to a community center for arts and wellness. citylimits.org/south-bronx-...
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South Bronx Building Once Home to Young Lords' 'People's Detox Center,' to Get New Life as Arts & Wellness Hub - City Limits
In the 1970s, the building on East 140th Street housed a rehab center founded by activists demanding better health services for the Mott Haven neighborhood.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Trump said he expects affordable homes to be "a pretty substantial component" of the mayor's plan for Sunnyside Yards. "You’re going to need a lot of federal approvals and probably some federal money to do it," he added. citylimits.org/trump-says-a...
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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
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump met at Gracie Manion this week to take their Sunnyside Yards housing discussions to "a new level."
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A “grassroots” homeowners group leading the charge against Local Law 97 has deep ties to a powerful real estate industry association, @nysfocus.com reports. citylimits.org/whos-behind-...
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Who's Behind the Push to Weaken NYC's Climate Law? - City Limits
A "grassroots" homeowners group leading the charge against Local Law 97 has deep ties to a powerful real estate industry association, New York Focus reports.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Back to school should mean school supplies, new outfits, and reunions with friends. For Nyasia Neal and her two sons, it has meant early mornings and hours spent commuting from a Staten Island homeless shelter to the boys' Brooklyn schools. citylimits.org/for-some-kid...
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For Some Kids Living In Shelters, Back to School Means Long Commutes - City Limits
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.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Again and again, Bronx residents refused to accept other’s decisions about our communities, and that history has shaped much of how we think about governance today.” citylimits.org/opinion-shar...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A new plan for Atlantic Yards promises to build lower-income units up front. Gov. Hochul is on board, and the state’s approval process is starting—with a public meeting tonight—though the full public costs remain unknown. citylimits.org/in-atlantic-...
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In Atlantic Yards Reboot, New Developers Seek More Subsidies & 2,382 More Apartments—But Only 366 More Affordable Ones - City Limits
A new plan for Atlantic Yards promises to build lower-income units up front. Gov. Hochul is on board, —though the full public costs remain unknown.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nearly 40 percent of homeless families with children are placed in NYC shelters outside the borough of their child’s school, forcing long commutes, early mornings, and strained community ties, @patrickspauster.com reports. citylimits.org/for-some-kid...
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For Some Kids Living In Shelters, Back to School Means Long Commutes - City Limits
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.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It’s easy to fall into despair when looking at our climate realities. Here’s why taking climate action in New York City is still more important than ever, Councilmembers @harveyepstein.bsky.social and @sandynurse.bsky.social write: citylimits.org/opinion-this...
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Opinion: This Climate Week, The Future Is Still Within Our Control - City Limits
It’s easy to fall into despair when looking at our climate realities. Here’s why taking climate action in New York City is still more important than ever.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Heat pumps, inductions stoves and infrared heating panels: these are a few of the climate-friendly upgrades being installed at some public housing developments, with more to come, officials said Tuesday. citylimits.org/nychas-green...
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NYCHA's Green Future? Officials Open 'Showroom' Apartment With Sustainable Features - City Limits
Heat pumps, inductions stoves and infrared heating panels: these are a few of the climate-friendly upgrades being installed at some public housing developments, with more to come, officials said Tuesd...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The two teens are looking to partner with more local schools, where they hope to salvage essentials from their lost-and-found piles for homeless New Yorkers. "These are thousands of pounds of items that could be donated and are just thrown away." citylimits.org/the-students...
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The Students Mining NYC Public Schools' Lost-and-Found Collections for New Yorkers in Need - City Limits
"Nobody would ever look through it," Skylar Aaron, 16, said of the "giant mountain" of unclaimed belongings at Stuyvesant High School's lost and found.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Green Schools were actually part of Mayor Mamdani’s campaign platform. They connect so many of the mayor’s priorities: child care, safe work, good jobs, and fixing what’s broken in our day-to-day. But so far, we’ve seen no action.” citylimits.org/opinion-poth...
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Opinion: 'Pothole Politics' Should Mean Fixing Our Schools - City Limits
"Green Schools ... connect so many of the mayor’s priorities: child care, safe work, good jobs, and fixing what’s broken in our day-to-day."
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Each week, City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. citylimits.org/nyc-housing-...
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NYC Housing Calendar, Sept. 21-28 - City Limits
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events and public hearings, plus affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.
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Council Member Sandy Nurse @cmsandynurse.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
My bathroom bill, Local Law 58, requires over 2,100 functional public bathrooms by 2035. Getting there requires solutions that work for all New Yorkers, especially our most vulnerable. Thank you @patrickspauster.com of @citylimitsnews.bsky.social for covering! citylimits.org/nyc-is-getti...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“Nobody would ever look through it,” Skylar Aaron, 16, said of the “giant mountain” of unclaimed items at their high school's lost and found. She and classmate Shayna Wilson, 17, have salvaged more than 2,000 pounds of clothing donations for the homeless.
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The Students Mining NYC Public Schools' Lost-and-Found Collections for New Yorkers in Need - City Limits
"Nobody would ever look through it," Skylar Aaron, 16, said of the "giant mountain" of unclaimed belongings at Stuyvesant High School's lost and found.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The plan, which Santosuoso called a “win-win,” would upzone several blocks of largely industrial land in southern Bay Ridge between 86th and 95th streets for housing. citylimits.org/a-rezoning-g...
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A Rezoning Grows In Brooklyn, And What Else Happened This Week In Housing - City Limits
After voters passed measures that could compel Bay Ridge to permit more housing, Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso decided to advance her own rezoning.
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Patrick Spauster @patrickspauster.com · 18/09/2026
Big week for cute locator maps @citylimitsnews.bsky.social 1. New public restrooms pilot (& their tech-forward electronic/phone entry, which may pose barriers to homeless NYers using them) 2. The proposed "Bay Ridge Triangle" rezoning, advanced b/c of the affordable hsg "fast track" 🔗 👇️
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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. citylimits.org/a-rezoning-g...
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A Rezoning Grows In Brooklyn, And What Else Happened This Week In Housing - City Limits
After voters passed measures that could compel Bay Ridge to permit more housing, Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso decided to advance her own rezoning.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The new facilities require a cell phone to enter. But homeless New Yorkers, who might benefit most from more public restrooms, often lack phones or a place to charge them. In that case, users will have to track down a key card from a local business. citylimits.org/nyc-is-getti...
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NYC Is Getting New Public Bathrooms. Homeless New Yorkers Have Questions. - City Limits
A new pilot program for public restrooms requires tap access with a phone or key card, which advocates say it could be a barrier for unhoused New Yorkers.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“A group of radical activists took over a tiny park near Wall Street and did the seemingly impossible: They got thousands of disaffected, cynical, frustrated people—including me—to believe that a better world was possible.” citylimits.org/opinion-15-y...
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Opinion: 15 Years After Occupy, We Must Remember the Power of Collective Action - City Limits
"A group of radical activists took over a tiny park near Wall Street and did the seemingly impossible: They got thousands of disaffected, cynical, frustrated people—including me—to believe that a bett...
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/nyc-is-getti...
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NYC Is Getting New Public Bathrooms. Homeless New Yorkers Have Questions. - City Limits
A new pilot program for public restrooms requires tap access with a phone or key card, which advocates say it could be a barrier for unhoused New Yorkers.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"The average electric bill for a 3-bedroom was between $700 and $750. A few were well over $1,000 per month," said Zach Ephron, a tenant at The Landings, an apartment complex that switched to submetered billing in January.
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Manhattan Renters Say Submetered Utilities Force Them to Pay for Buildings' Inefficiencies - City Limits
Tenants at five apartment complexes in Harlem and on Roosevelt Island say the switch to submetering has led to sky-high electricity bills.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“Not only are we committed to immigrant artists and immigrant communities across the entire city, but we also have this dual mission of being a home for Inwood and Uptown,” said executive director Mino Lora. citylimits.org/nycs-first-i...
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NYC's First Immigrant Cultural Center Opens in Inwood - City Limits
"We also have this dual mission of being a home for Inwood and Uptown," said Mino Lora, executive director at Centro Cultural Inmigrante.
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City Limits News @citylimitsnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“We can and must do more to address all cases if we’re going to prevent disease and save lives. If our legislation is enacted, New Yorkers will no longer have to become ill before corrective action is taken,” writes Harlem State Sen. Cordell Cleare: citylimits.org/opinion-legi...
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Opinion: Legionnaires' Disease is Preventable—With Comprehensive Water Management - City Limits
"We can and must do more to address all Legionnaires' cases if we're going to prevent disease and save lives."
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