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The City: Council Revamps Bill Giving Housing Groups First Dibs to Buy — and Landlords Still Object
Housing preservation groups could be first in line to buy troubled apartment buildings when they go up for sale under a City Council bill updated Monday to address pushback.
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City Limits: Social Housing Bill Poised for Breakthrough in City Council
Over five years after it was first proposed, the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) is expected to pass the City Council before the end of the year.
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The Nation: Community Land Trusts Are Standing Up to New York City’s Worst Landlords
New legislation could accelerate a growing movement of tenants who refuse to be at the mercy of developers and want to take ownership of their communities’ resources.
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More Perfect Union: I Needed My Paycheck Early. Then I Got Cheated by These Apps.
Our Associate Director Andy Morrison speaks to More Perfect Union about a new breed or predatory lenders – so called Earned Wage Access apps.
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New York Focus: ‘Zombie Debts’ Refuse to Die, Haunting New Yorkers for Decades
Many sewer service victims aren’t aware if their servers have been disciplined or found to be engaging in misconduct “because there’s no way to track every case that server worked on,” said attorney Elena Rodriguez, who helps clients with sewer service cases at the nonprofit New Economy Project. Sewer service is particularly widespread in the…
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New York Times: Grand Theft A.T.M.: A Bodega Crime Wave Hits New York
New York Times — The number of bank branches in New York City dropped nearly 20 percent from 2015 to 2024, according to the New Economy Project, an advocacy group. In 2018, as the drop was underway, neighborhoods with largely Black and Hispanic residents averaged just one branch per 10,000 people, according to the group.…
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New York Focus: 5 Key Takeaways From Our Investigation Into ‘Sewer Service’
New York Focus — For decades, people being sued in New York City civil courts over unpaid debt never learned about the lawsuits against them.
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New York Focus: Have You Been Sued for Credit Card Debt? Your Fake Relative Might Know.
New York Focus — Last April, Sam Gordon, a Harlem resident who works with people experiencing drug addiction, got a notice in the mail: Thousands of dollars were about to be garnished from his wages.
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City Limits Opinion: NYC Needs Land and Housing for People, Not Profit
City Limits Opinion — From the South Bronx to East New York and beyond, communities are working to reclaim land for public good, take housing off the speculative market, and ensure permanent affordability—through community land trusts (CLTs) and neighborhood-led development.
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City Limits: Social Housing Supporters Revive Push to Boost Nonprofit & Community Ownership
City Limits — Social housing advocates rallied in Foley Square on Tuesday ahead of a City Council hearing on a package of bills aiming to de-privatize residential properties across the five boroughs.
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BK Reader: Tenants Rally in Brooklyn for First Rights to Buy Building
BK Reader — Tenants, housing advocates and elected officials rallied outside a South Slope apartment building on April 26 to call for the passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, or TOPA, which would give renters the first chance to purchase their buildings when landlords put them up for sale.
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The Village View: Affordable Housing? Bill Designed to Give New Leverage to Tenants and Nonprofit Housing Groups Moves Forward
The Village View — “Whose land? Our land!” shouted a boisterous crowd of tenant leaders and organizers, as they rallied on the steps of City Hall on April 11, urging the city council to move ahead with the Community Land Act (CLA).