After we published this story yesterday, @nychousing.bsky.social reinspected Nicole Gallan’s unit and issued violations for heat and a defective radiator. The landlord has yet to revolve several open heat and hot water violations throughout the building at 155 Linden blvd.

At a press conference this morning, Mayor Mamdani said that sea ice was preventing heating fuel from getting to the city by boat, which may contribute to the record number of heat complaints last week. Many buildings like 155 Linden, which I profile herein, have old oil boilers

Last month set a record with 80,000 311 calls about no heat. 30k came just last week As 16 new yorkers have died in the cold, thousands of tenants are wearing layers to sleep. Mamdani has pledged to fix a "broken" code inspections system My @citylimitsnews.bsky.social story:https://buff.ly/0rt1XhC

Last month set a record with 80,000 311 calls about no heat. 30k came just last week As 16 new yorkers have died in the cold, thousands of tenants are wearing layers to sleep. Mamdani has pledged to fix a "broken" code inspections system My @citylimitsnews.bsky.social story:https://buff.ly/0rt1XhC

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Inbox: Stanley Richards, who fought for the recently-revived Just Home housing project for formerly incarcerated folks is about to be named Department of Corrections Commissioner. Here's what he told me about the connection between housing and the justice system last year:

Hours before a man was found dead on a Midtown Manhattan sidewalk, a bldg super called the city for help Police say they drove by but didn’t see the man, who had an apartment a mile away More on how 1 person in crisis slipped through gaps in NYC’s social safety net gothamist.com/news/mans-de...

Amid the cold, New Yorkers have lodged 26,000 complaints about lack of heat or hot water, the most in a 7-day period since 2018, City Limits’ @patrickspauster.com found. He spoke to The Brian Lehrer Show this morning about what tenants can do: citylimits.org/listen-no-he...

On @wnyc.org this morning I spoke with Amina Srna about the record breaking week we are having for tenants reporting heat and hot water outages to 311 and how they can get help. Sometimes calling 311 doesn’t get it done. Here’s a few ways you can protect yourself: citylimits.org/no-heat-comp...

Asked about CHEPS costs, Mamdani says they asked for more time to work on a settlement in the CityFHEPS expansion case (which he previously said he'd drop). "We are looking to be honest and direct w/ Nyers" On if they'll expand eligibility for the program: "Those conversations are ongoing"

I’m going to be on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social @wnyc.org at 10:40 this morning to talk about how to get help if you don’t have heat in tour apartment during this cold spell in NYC. Tune in! 93.9 fm

Since I reported this story a week and a half ago, DCP leadership has reportedly: - met with urban design stakeholders to hear concerns - received letters of protest from DCP staff - is now being petitioned to reverse the restructuring With Garodnick stepping down, no new head planner named yet.

Interesting story from @davidfbrand.bsky.social: @bkbpreynoso is proactively releasing guidelines for what types of housing projects he might push through over local councilmember objection based on his comprehensive plan for the borough. buff.ly/MK0EEnc

Starting today, rent stabilized landlords in NYC are required to post notice that there are rent stabilized units in the building. It will look something like this: You can call DHCR at 718-264-3800 to get started finding out if your unit is stabilized.

Mamdani may not be able to afford to expand the CityFheps program in this budget. But implementing the expansion, as the Adams administration refused to do, was a campaign promise. Can he afford not to? citylimits.org/can-mamdani-...

Budgets force hard tradeoffs. One of the first for the Mamdani admin: how to fund a rising need for housing vouchers. During the campaign he promised to expand CityFheps eligibility. But he faces an unexpectedly large budget deficit and competing priorities on housing. Story⬇️

The City's Worst Landlord Watchlist is out from Public Advocate Jumaane Williams. Here's the top 10:

Just Home is back. At a presser this afternoon, Mamdani announced that the affordable housing project was going forward after the Adams administration had tried to stop it this fall. 83 homes for ppl leaving jail had hung in the balance in the mayors race.

“I consider that to be a victory,” Mamdani says at a presser in the Bronx just now. He says that as a result of the city’s intervention in the Pinnacle case the new owner is committed to $30m in repairs. (It’s unclear how firm that promise is and if the city can enforce it)

The sale to Summit, which the admin oppossed, is a blow to Mamdani and tenants, but if a goal was to bring their future landlord to the negotiating table, they might find a silver lining. citylimits.org/judge-approv...

A bankruptcy judge approved the sale of 5k rent stabilized units from the troubled Pinnacle group this afternoon. The Mamdani admin had objected to stop or delay the sale, saying the buyer, Summit did not have an adequate plan to fix thousands of code violations. Story TK

I spoke with Sumathy Kumar, New York State's new top tenant advocate with @tenantbloc.bsky.social, a group upending the balance of power in housing. 5 questions on her alliance w/the Mamdani admin, defending rent stabilization in Albany, and what she brings to the role ⤵️

Some interesting results from Times readers asked about NYC urban projects. Homeruns like more parks, but the least popular are decking the Cross Bronx and fixing fifth avenue. They even asked if we should teach urban planning in schools!

NEW: Dan Garodnick told Mayor Mamdani that he will leave his role as head of the Department of City Planning "in the coming weeks," according to a staff email this morning Garodnick led the "City of Yes" rezoning and five neighborhood rezonings in his tenure. Mamdani will appoint a new head planner

NYC urban planners: now is the time to get your "department of zoning" jokes off

The NYC Department of City Planning is shuttering its urban design division right before a leadership transition. Critics worry that by reassigning designers who consider the public realm will deprioritize livability as the city plans to build much more housing. buff.ly/GlB9MgY

With a slim majority of appointees on the board, Mamdani will need to find a member who represents owners and is willing vote for a freeze: not the easiest task! But he has more time to search than Adams, who had to make the appointments at the 11th hour.

City and state officials are celebrating the opening today of New York's first hotel that's been converted to affordable housing. Learn more about the project, which reporter @patrickspauster.com toured this summer: citylimits.org/we-cracked-t...

Fun COPA note: lawyers at firms who work with CLTs both penned opeds in @CityLimitsNews last week, with opposing viewpoints on the law. “Forces parties into negotiations without protections for the owner” vs “common sense policy” citylimits.org?post_types=&...

A transgender former shelter resident is suing New York, saying the city failed to place her in a shelter for women or transgender people, putting her at risk of assault on multiple occasions. Advocates say she is not alone. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/transgender-...

Over a 2.5 year stay across 3 shelters, a transgender woman says the city repeatedly put her in rooms with men who assaulted her, according to a new civil rights suit. Advocates say it's the tip of the iceberg in NYC's mostly gender-segregated system. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social buff.ly/NXKA1zG

COPA, a bill that will let community land trusts have first dibs on bidding on distressed properties, is poised for a breakthrough with the city council, 5 yrs after it was first proposed. Now the city's housing agency is on board. NYC follows SF and DC, which have similar laws. buff.ly/s3ebXuV

Dubbed “The Hole” because it sits below the other land that surrounds it, the neighborhood is slated for resiliency upgrades, a rezoning and more housing. Take a tour of the area being eyed for transformation, via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/housing-in-t...

This story reminded me why I love my beat: organized residents, dedicated public servants, and hope for something better. The Hole is getting housing-5,000 units-under a city plan to install sewers in the infamous floodprone NYC nhood @citylimitsnews.bsky.social got a walking tour buff.ly/9KCTjhr

After the Pinnacle Group sent 93 of its buildings into a bankruptcy auction, tenants are calling on the city to responsibly steward their properties to a new owner. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/pinnacle-ten...

Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams is weighing new appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board in an effort to block Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pledged rent freeze. But tenant groups say they won’t make it easy for him. citylimits.org/as-mayor-ada...

Who actually wants this job? It doesn't pay much and you get yelled at a lot. As Mayor Adams considers appointments to the rent guidelines board to block a rent freeze, tenants are pledging to make any candidate's life hell. w/@jeanmarieevelly.bsky.social

NYC neighborhoods that have been building the most affordable housing in the city voted overwhelmingly to make their neighbors build more w/ November's housing ballot measures. Those neighbors... not as much. Check out the data and maps in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social buff.ly/hcapyFZ

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The race became about who belongs in New York—and who can afford to stay in it. One last election week housing story from @citylimitsnews.bsky.social + what you missed in housing this week while everything was happening citylimits.org/the-election...

Now that we have a mayor-elect Mamdani, might be helpful to dig in on what exactly is going on with the RGB + the rent freeze promise (and how Eric Adams could muck things up). Things could get weird!

Maria Torres-Springer will co-chair the Mamdani transition team. My July piece has several helpful nuggets about her governing philosophies that may shape the admin. She believes in partnerships, efficiency and "a maniacal focus on execution" Read @citylimitsnews.bsky.social: buff.ly/CTvvPHr

ICYMI: Marmarato, Rep Bronx councilmember falls to Dem challenger Shirley Aldebol. Marmarato oppossed the Just Home aff housing project, which helped her win 2 yrs ago. Aldebol, endorsed by @openny.org is presumably more open to it: buff.ly/gYAvJEH

Mamdani on NYCHA: doesn't rule out PACT conversions (or the preservation trust) which convert public housing to section 8, (and private mgmt in the case of PACT). Says he wants residents to decide. 7 that have voted went Trust (4), stay Section 9 (2), PACT (1) h/t @katiehonan.bsky.social

Earnest post: very proud of @citylimitsnews.bsky.social election coverage. Video, live coverage (w/data), practical guides, undercovered topics like NYCHA. What we do with a tiny staff amazes me! +we put housing affordability at the center--just like voters! Check us out! buff.ly/T3cJGEE

NEWS! Looking likely that the housing related ballot measures will pass with over 1.5 million votes counted. Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5) Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social

Quickly up to 53 percent reporting - still tight!

With (still early!) 25 percent of the vote reporting, the housing ballot measures look in for a close finish. Upstate ski resort (prop 1) and moving election years (prop 6) looking tougher. Digital City Map (prop 5) looks safer!

I simply love covering election day. There is joy and hope and frustration and duty. And for a little fun: reading tea leaves. I talked to 3 Bed-Stuy voters today who were Cuomo in the primary and voted for Mamdani today. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social spoke with a few more buff.ly/PK2Qdya

As the sun sets on election day, a few more councilmembers have come out in support of the ballot measures (or some of them), even as council leadership is united in opposition. Eric Bottcher and Shaun Abreu were public "Yes" on all, Pierina Sanchez was Y on 2 and Lincoln Restler was Y on 2,3