As the 2023 session ends, the State Legislature is likely to pass a bill sealing old criminal records, but failed to reach a deal on a housing package.
Tag: Affordable Housing
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N.Y. Democrats, at Odds Over Tenant Protections, Fail to Reach Housing Deal
State lawmakers will leave Albany, N.Y., this week without passing any housing policies, sparking a new round of finger-pointing among Democrats.
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Workers Continue to Get Priced Out of the Hamptons
Business owners and local leaders are scrambling to create housing for workers in low-wage jobs, but residents who are opposed to development say land must be preserved.
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Mayor Adams Opposes Bills That Could Make It Easier to Leave Shelters
The bills, expected to be passed this week by the City Council, would end a rule that people must be in shelters for 90 days before becoming eligible for housing vouchers.
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Do New York’s Affordable Housing Lotteries Fuel Segregation?
An eight-year legal battle over whether community preferences for low-cost housing violate housing discrimination law has been cleared for trial.