Fair housing enforcement doesn’t exist right now. Just in the lede: “In one email, a Trump appointee at the Department of Housing and Urban Development described decades of housing discrimination cases as “artificial, arbitrary and unnecessary.”” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/r...

“It’s a ‘function of necessity’ in response to the consolidation of rental housing by large landlords: ‘As the challenges facing tenants have grown more complex in an increasingly global housing market tenant organizing is itself becoming more sophisticated” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

12 years ago, he was surveilled by the NYPD for being Muslim, “and 12 years later, I’m friends with a guy that’s gonna be the boss of the police department,” said @AsadFromNYC , who is confident @ZohranKMamdani will win. “Sometimes life can be cinema” buff.ly/V2PWK94

“As New Yorkers, we always want to go. We want to go from point A to point B and I get that the city is constantly on the move, but I invite you to stop and to just look.” via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/take-a-walk-...

“Belonging is something that is often fought for, not something that is granted.” I profiled @asadfromnyc a rising star who's preaching the importance of NYC history, influencing the mayoral race, and walking all over the city. @citylimitsnews buff.ly/V2PWK94

NYC's 'Right to Counsel' is more like a "goal": A new IBO report says just 30 percent of eligible tenants facing eviction get full representation in housing court. Funding for the program has plateaued as evictions rise and eligibility expands. For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social

NINE law enforcement agencies in SIX New York counties — including Rensselaer and Nassau —have signed partnership agreements with ICE that let them screen people and execute warrants in jails in the past 8 months per @dparramejia @citylimitsnews citylimits.org/local-police...

August 2025 w/ Kaytranada JID Ethel Cain Mariah the Scientist Gunna Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/3dn... Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

“Mayor Adams is essentially trying to run out the clock on his administration and not comply with the requirements of the law that the City Council enacted” CityFHEPS housing voucher expansion will be delayed again after appeal request from the mayor @citylimitsnews.bsky.social

The city is backtracking on its order to end the CityFHEPs incentive that pays LL to hold units, sending the rule to public review. DSS claimed it didn't need review, but after a judge issued an injunction preventing the rule change, they changed course. @CityLimitsNews.bsky.social story 👇

The city is backtracking on its order to end the CityFHEPs incentive that pays LL to hold units, sending the rule to public review. DSS claimed it didn't need review, but after a judge issued an injunction preventing the rule change, they changed course. @CityLimitsNews.bsky.social story 👇

NYCHA is NYC's largest landowner. That portfolio could get even bigger as NYCHA solicits partners to develop aff housing w/ NYCHA-funded tools on private sites They would chip in on the city's housing crisis + help with public housing's deep repair needs @citylimitsnews.bsky.social

What happens when government disinvests from public transit? Commutes get longer & more frustrating. A NJ Transit case study from me, @suryamattu.com and @mariepastora.bsky.social : www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

News @citylimitsnews! City Council Passed the Midtown South Rezoning with ease 43-0. Anyone else remember when neighborhood rezonings used to be harder? Officials say that attitudes towards housing development in the city are changing. citylimits.org/midtown-sout...

Inbox: Poll from @DataProgress + @TenantBloc finds broad support for candidates who back rent stabilization (74% in NYC). It also shows 1/3 considering leaving the state. Reducing regulation, tax breaks for housing supply, social housing, more vouchers, were all above water too.

July w/ SAILORR Lola Young Westside Gunn Brevin Kim Clipse Lilttle Simz Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/518... Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. This week include updates on the city's latest housing production numbers, via @patrickspauster.com: bit.ly/45spqyd

Closing out “housing week” Adams takes a shot at fmr Gov Cuomo and says the city has built, preserved, or planned for 426,800 homes during the administration. Thanking Hochul for her partnership, he says “any governor saying they don’t have a role in housing they’re wrong.”

Got to be an architecture nerd for this one: The first hotel to housing conversion using a state program to convert to affordable hsg just got its certificate of occupancy in QNs. I wrote about the architectural and financial puzzle for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social citylimits.org/we-cracked-t...

Got to be an architecture nerd for this one: The first hotel to housing conversion using a state program to convert to affordable hsg just got its certificate of occupancy in QNs. I wrote about the architectural and financial puzzle for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social citylimits.org/we-cracked-t...

GIS matters

The mayor's Charter Commission wants to 'fast track' affordable housing in community boards that have built the least. But didn't say where that was. @CityLimitsNews did the math--and mapped it. On the controversial proposal that targets some council leaders' districts 🔗 ⤵️

The mayor's Charter Commission wants to 'fast track' affordable housing in community boards that have built the least. But didn't say where that was. @CityLimitsNews did the math--and mapped it. On the controversial proposal that targets some council leaders' districts 🔗 ⤵️

Charter Commission voted this afternoon to put 4 land use proposals on the ballot in Nov 1. Affordable housing fast track 2. Simplified review of modest housing/infrastructure projects 3. Establish affordable housing appeals board* 4. Create a digital city map Read more ⤵️

Mamdani’s victory was not just characterized by turning out younger voters, but remaining competitive in parts of the city many wrote off for Cuomo—places like NYCHA campuses. I dove deep on NYCHA votes for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social - and mapped it! Short thread 🧵 ⤵️

Personally I would have gone with Portland Phoenix (rising from the ashes of the Fire)

“In New York you don’t get credit for effort." I talked to former housing officials about how the next mayor can actually get their housing plan done, and what roadblocks ambitious plans like Mamdani's might run into. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social citylimits.org/what-nycs-ne...

The difference a year makes: Tho the rent guidelines board didn't freeze the rent (allowed 3% on 1yr and 4.5% increase on 2yr leases for rent stabilized units), the mood last night was markedly different after Mamdani's primary win. "Change is coming" My story @citylimitsnews.bsky.social ⤵

After the city suddenly cancelled an incentive for landlords to hold units for families with vouchers—covering one month’s rent while the subsidy application is processed—families in shelter and legal groups won a temporary court order to keep it alive. via @patrickspauster.com: bit.ly/4kdMIfl

“I’m scared that I’m gonna lose this apartment because it’s already been five months” NEW: After I reported on the city no longer paying landlords to hold units for CityFHEPS vouchers, Legal Aid sued, keeping the incentive alive, for now. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social citylimits.org/cityfheps-vo...

Citi bike is amazing. It’s actually 100 degrees but and ebike ride is still somehow pleasant

Voting this morning? @citylimitsnews has info you need on four key issues Jeanmarie + I on 🏘️ citylimits.org/primary-vote... me on homelessness citylimits.org/primary-vote... Mariana on climate citylimits.org/primary-vote... Daniel on immigration citylimits.org/primary-vote...

A message to both the liberty and the fever: ditch the gray courts. They are bland and dull. Like a bad modern McMansion. Hardwood looks so much warmer.

With homelessness at record highs, City Limits asked the candidates where they stand on shelters and housing vouchers, street and subway homelessness, and supportive housing. via @patrickspauster.com: bit.ly/4jMTNmY

Dear Knicks: Please recruit one of the games greatest players as a free agent, get an MVP to request a trade to you specifically, pocket international gamechangers for years, and then fleece a team who has no leverage for a difference making vet while giving up assets no of consequence. Please!

“The cuts could be felt most acutely in New York City’s public housing. NYCHA, the nation’s largest and oldest public housing authority.” citylimits.org/trumps-propo... By @citylimitsnews.bsky.social's @patrickspauster.com #housing+ #urbanism+ #urbanism

NEW @citylimitsnews.bsky.social: The city is ending a key incentive that pays landlords to hold units for homeless NYers moving out of shelter w/ housing vouchers, citing budget concerns “It's gonna make it even more difficult to even market CityFHEPS to landlords” citylimits.org/city-cuts-ke...

Trump’s proposed federal budget could cut NYC housing programs by more than 40%, local experts said, with the biggest impact on low income renters, including NYCHA tenants. "I hope that the worst of the worst doesn’t come about." via @patrickspauster.com: bit.ly/3SZxzU1

It's a new era (for me professionally and maybe for NYC). I covered Furman Center's report on Trump's proposed budget for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social It could cut housing programs by 40+ %, a move that officials say would be 'disasterous,' especially for NYCHA. citylimits.org/trumps-propo...

Good roundup on social housing bills fr @tareqsaghie (1st @citylimitsnews byline!) Notable to me: HPD, usually against to bills giving tenants a chance to purchase their bldgs, seemed to warm towards it on a narrow universe of "distressed" props citylimits.org/social-housi...

Housing getting bumped to the non-televised second hour of the debate is a big bummer. Voters consistently rank it as one of their top issues

Trump Admin's proposed HUD budget would cut the agency's budget authority by $45 b. It would cut staff by 26%, killing 2300 jobs. HUD proposes eliminating most of its programs—vouchers, public housing, CDBG, etc—& replacing them with a single, smaller state block grant. www.hud.gov/sites/dfiles...

Thank you for everything Thibs. Excited to see how a new coach can elevate this team though. Get Spo on the phone

Urban planners are out of control what do you mean I’m invited to two different Mr. Fruit grocery store chain themed parties within a seven day period

Some personal news: I'm joining @citylimitsnews.bsky.social to cover housing and homelessness. Today is my first day! It's a publication I hold in great regard and a topic crucial to NYers. Hit me up with tips and all things housing, policy, and NYC [email protected]

May 2025 with Wet Leg Mint Condition Friendship Saya Grey Dry Cleaning Spotify: open.spotify.com/playlist/5ep... Apple: music.apple.com/us/playlist/...

The new National Public Housing Museum is excellent. Go next time you’re in Chicago

'The mayor, Daniel T. Rodrick, called the timing a “coincidence.” But opponents have condemned the park plan as a thinly disguised way to block the shelter. ' www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/n...

New York is a basketball town

Clyde’s drip tonight is insane. Impossible to lose a game with Clyde dressed like that