According to the latest American Community Survey (ACS) data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau, the poverty rate in New York City remained unchanged at 18.2 percent in 2023. This is the third consecutive year since 2019 when the poverty rate held steady.
The New York City Council passed the Adopted Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25), the largest in the city’s history at $112.4 billion. In this brief, we assess how the programs we champion fared in the Adopted Budget.
For more than a decade, public housing has become synonymous with poor housing conditions. However, using data from its latest Unheard Third survey, “The Other Housing Crisis” reveals the reality that poor housing conditions are not just a NYCHA problem but a low-income housing problem in New York City.
A new Community Service Society of New York (CSS) report analyzing hardships in the Bronx found that while the borough has added jobs and opened new businesses at a faster pace than the rest of the city in the post-pandemic era, it is recovering at a slower pace compared to the rest of the city with respect to overcoming economic, health and housing hardships.
Congestion pricing, which was approved by New York State lawmakers in 2019, is designed to discourage the use of cars in one of the world’s most traffic-clogged urban centers, reduce dangerous carbon emissions and remove some 143,000 vehicles from midtown Manhattan.
Last night, the New York City Rent Guidelines Board approved rent hikes that rent stabilized tenants simply cannot afford.
In the years since Columbia’s West Harlem expansion was approved, West Harlem has seen extensive and intensive changes to its demographic makeup, notably significant changes in race and ethnicity, and income. Alongside these demographic changes, rents and sales prices have risen, rent stabilized housing has been lost, and evictions have been ongoing.
The Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (or FARE) Act is remarkably simple and reasonable legislation that requires the party who hires a broker to pay the broker's fee.