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Willoughby Avenue housing nightmare
New York has temporarily enacted an eviction moratorium in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, but what happens when you are forced to leave your home anyways?
Special Report: In Our Backyard
Crown Heights – Franklin Avenue
Episode 1. Crown Heights activists fight for sunlight, fear gentrification despite lack of affordable housing,
Special Report: In Our Backyard
Inwood
Episode 4: The Inwood rezoning has faced community scrutiny and legal challenge since it was proposed in 2018, and its future remains uncertain.
Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus
During pandemic NYC tenants in limbo
With many tenants out of work and rent strike movements growing, it’s becoming more and more difficult to find any kind of historical precedent for the current crisis.
Special Report: Shutdown: The Coronavirus
NYU international students struggle with move out of dorm orders
All over the US, universities have been closing down student housing in response to the new coronavirus outbreak, some of them turning the dorms into facilities for quarantine or temporary hospitals.
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Housing projects residents find community despite harsh living conditions
The Ingersoll project’s Garden of Eden grows fruits and vegetables during the warmer months. Photo by Teddy Haines. Nestled into […]
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Left in The Cold: NYCHA housing residents wait endlessly for repairs
Viviana Wrenn with her son at the Stebbins Avenue, Bronx, NYCHA development. She rarely has heat and the large windows […]
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As Amazon moves in, New York’s homeless forced to move on
Long Island City’s skyline. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia Nestled between rising luxury apartments and the country’s largest public housing development […]
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East Harlem residents protest planned rezoning
Protesters with the group Movement for Justice in El Barrio hold signs protesting the mayor’s plan to rezone East Harlem. […]
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Using exercise to promote mental health
The bike rides began two years ago.