Helping Even More Tenants with Excessive Rent Burdens! Posted on August 13, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Housing Court Monitor It has been a good year for state legislative efforts in New York to help more tenants cope with excessive rent burdens. Not only was the income limit for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) raised to $50,000, but we can soon raise the limit for ..Read More
City’s Homeless Program To Pay Rent Of Some Families Leaving Shelters Posted on August 13, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in CBS New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plans for the city’s homeless program has one homeless advocate encouraged. “It’s certainly a sea change from (former Mayor Michael) Bloomberg’s punitive approach toward homelessness,” said Mary Brosnahan, the president o ..Read More
Deal Reached on Rental Subsidies for Homeless Families Posted on August 13, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in WNYC After months of negotiations, New York City has reached an agreement with the state to provide rent money for homeless families with children, a move that could get thousands of people out of shelters in the coming year. ..Read More
2 Programs Aim to Move New York Families From Shelters Posted on August 12, 2014 by Sarah Murphy in The New York Times State and city officials have agreed to create two rent subsidy programs to help families with children leave New York City shelters and move into their own apartments. ..Read More
Mayor de Blasio Signs Legislation to Provide Economic Security for More New Yorkers with Disabilities Posted on August 7, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in NYC Office of the Mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio today signed legislation into law to raise the maximum income level of disabled New Yorkers eligible for the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) program to $50,000 a year. ..Read More
I Need a Dollar: Should You Give to New York’s Homeless? Posted on July 28, 2014 by Gabriela Sandoval Requena in Gawker I met Roger Blondell around 2 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon in early July. A tall chubby black man, Blondell was dressed in worn-in jeans and a shirt that looked like he’d had it on for a few days. Still, he didn’t seem quite homeless. ..Read More
Legislation To Make 1,000 Additional New Yorkers with Disabilities Eligible for Rent Freeze Posted on July 24, 2014 by admin in Press Release Today, Senator Diane Savino, Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, New Yorkers with disabilities, legislative colleagues, and disability rights and housing advocates announced enactment of legislation to expand the Disability Rent Incr ..Read More
Coming Jan 2015: NYC Municipal ID Card Posted on July 10, 2014 by admin in WNYC New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is one step closer to making good on a commitment he made in his State of the City speech this year, officially signing a law that will create a municipal identification card for city residents, regardless of immigration stat ..Read More
Love Thy Homeless Neighbor Posted on July 8, 2014 by admin in The New York Times On June 30, hundreds of Elmhurst, Queens, residents gathered to protest the sudden transformation of a neighborhood hotel, the Pan American, into an emergency homeless shelter. Families rallied outside a meeting between shelter operators and the city, and the ..Read More
