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“Should I pay for my medication or should I pay my rent?” said stabilized tenant Viola Bibins, 77. “I am on a fixed income because I’m retired, and my rent isn’t that high but I still can’t afford it.”
Story by Emma Whitford, photos by Adi Talwar: bit.ly/3QqDNeK
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It was such an honor speaking with Daniel Parra Mejía and Jesús García 🐦 for the City Limits podcast about 'Frontera: A Journey Across the US/Mexico Border'
A project that was three years in the making with Guadalupe Correa
#BorderLife #USMexicoBorder #RGV #Matamoros #Reynosa #Tijuana
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A busy week ahead for NYC housing and land use: the Rent Guidelines Board holds a preliminary vote, Council Member Amanda Farías hosts a community meeting on new development in Parkchester, & Jane's Walk this weekend!
More in our weekly housing calendar: bit.ly/4di3rMm
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Why does the State's basement & cellar program exclude East New York, home to the pilot that paved the way for this state law? Where residents showed overwhelming interest in the program & the Council Member supports it? City Limits looks into what happened--and what's next.
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Why is the basement legalization pilot approved in the state budget so small in scope?
“Some of my colleagues have argued that effectively you would be rewarding property owners for doing something that’s improper,” Sen. Brian Kavanagh told Emma Whitford
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ICYMI via City Limits Mariana Simões: How Governor Kathy Hochul NY Assembly Majority dropped the ball on climate in the budget.
As Jessica Azulay AGREE New York says, “we’re not giving up” on #NYHEAT this session. citylimits.org/2024/04/25/som…
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“I’m surprised, I’m baffled, I’m angry,” said Sandy Nurse who represents East New York, where the city ran an earlier basement conversion pilot.
It's excluded from the new program, which applies to 15 of NYC's 59 community districts
via Chris Janaro: bit.ly/3WlZT5J
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“Calling this a pilot was the fig leaf that allowed them to play politics with boundaries” -Howard Slatkin Executive Director at Citizens Housing & Planning Council (CHPC) on the state’s go-ahead for a new basement&cellar legalization pilot in select city community districts. For City Limits
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“I’m surprised, I’m baffled, I’m angry,” Sandy Nurse told Chris Janaro in his postmortem on the state's new basement legalization pilot.
The pilot excludes Nurse's district, among many others: citylimits.org/2024/04/29/adv…
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Un verdadero privilegio haber platicado con Daniel Parra Mejía (@CityLimitsNews/Una Ciudad Sin Límites) y Jesús García 🐦 (@eldiariony) sobre nuestro nuevo libro 'Frontera: A Journey Across the US-Mexico Border' (escrito con mi hermano Sergio Chapa). Fue una gran experiencia.
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¿Cómo son las comunidades en ambos lados de la frontera entre Méx y USA?
Explican Guadalupe Correa y Sergio Chapa a
Daniel Parra Mejía (@CityLimitsNews /Una Ciudad Sin Límites ) y a Jesús García 🐦 (@eldiariony )
Tamoa Calzadilla de Factchequeado desmiente paracaidistas en Columbia University
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