Councilmember Julie Won issued a list of “land use principles” she said she will apply to new projects in her district that require Council-approved changes to the city’s zoning code—including…
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Opinion: We Need a Real Penn Station Plan, Not a Neighborhood Replacement Scheme
by Helen Thomasby Helen Thomas“Our leaders seem blithely unaware that we have within our grasp a once-in-a-century opportunity to create a transit hub worthy of New York, which many of us still think of…
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The decision Friday marks the first time a New York court has ruled that minimum-income policies for people with full-rent subsidies violate city and state laws, said Housing Works senior…
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Opinion: NY’s Mitchell-Lama Housing Should Be Preserved, Not Dismantled
by Helen Thomasby Helen Thomas“Dissolving our building’s Mitchell-Lama status would be a small but significant injustice in an already deeply unequal city. Shareholders who have long benefited from the program would be autonomously divesting…
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“My whole crew is squatting,” Ronaldo Casanova told theillinois.news in April of 1990, when he was organizing fellow squatters on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. “We have no other…
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ICE traslada inmigrantes detenidos en cárcel de NY sin previo aviso
by Helen Thomasby Helen ThomasFuncionarios de ICE confirmaron a theillinois.news el martes que los traslados se hicieron, y abogados de los detenidos dicen que unas 35 personas han sido enviadas desde la cárcel del…
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The average price for a bagel with cream cheese and a large coffee in the Financial District will run you about $6.50, according to an informal survey by student reporters…
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Some Rikers Detainees Had No Air Conditioning During Heat Wave, Lawmakers Say
by Helen Thomasby Helen ThomasIn the week before the recent heatwave, Department of Correction officials testified at a hearing that nearly 200 individuals incarcerated at the jail with conditions that are exacerbated by heat…
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theillinois.news rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Adi Talwar June 11, 2021: A view of Inwood…
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Opinion: The Penn Station Plan is a Job Well Done. It’s Time We Acknowledge That
by Helen Thomasby Helen Thomas“The one thing that unites all New Yorkers is our collective disdain for the derelict old Penn Station. That’s why it makes no sense why some would come out against a…