For fourth straight year, thousands leave New York

After an analysis of the recent U.S. Census, the Empire Center for Public Policy found that the state’s population was roughly 19.5 million in 2019, after a drop of almost 77,000 or .4 percent from the previous year.

NYCHA tenants living with no gas this Christmas

Hundreds of tenants who live at the Samuel Gompers Houses in the Lower East Side have been living without gas since September.

NYCHA tenants spending another holiday without gas
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Tenants in the Samuel Gompers Houses are spending yet another holiday without gas to cook, forcing many to make alternative holiday plans.

In New Jersey, a slow-motion evacuation from climate change

Dozens of homes have been demolished in Woodbridge, as part of an effort to stay ahead of climate change.

Taj Gibson's gift to his old Brooklyn neighborhood

Taj Gibson has always given back to his community but after signing a two-year deal with the Knicks this off-season, he can now be hands-on and present with the people he wants to help.

Homeless family placed in Newark apartment faced eviction

New York City paid a year's worth of $1,300-a-month rent for Tasha as part of its SOTA program. She and her children moved to Newark and everything was OK until her building went into foreclosure.

De Blasio vows to end street homelessness 'as we know it'

The Democratic mayor's plan to end street homelessness "as we know it" includes adding 1,000 new "safe haven" beds in houses of worship.

Topeka will pay you $15K to move there

The capital of Kansas is willing to pay peope a whopping $15,000 to move there.

Proposed lawsuit targets NYCHA for leaving residents without heat or hot water

A proposed class action lawsuit would target NYCHA on behalf of any tenant that lost heat or hot water for any period of time during the winter of 2017-18.

Proposed class-action suit would target NYCHA on behalf of tenants without heat/hot water
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Attorneys from the Legal Aid Society made arguments to file a class action lawsuit for any NYCHA resident that experienced a heat and/or hot water outage during the winter of 2017-18.

Rappelling architects inspect skyscrapers from the outside

Amy Deluca and Elyse Marks are building envelope specialists. That means they hang from the city's many skyscrapers, completing mandatory local law inspections looking for building deficiencies.

Official: Cruise ship could house 1,000 homeless in Oakland

A San Francisco Bay Area city official wants to explore the possibility of using a cruise ship to house up to 1,000 homeless people amid a high cost of living and a shortage of housing.

New York's 'fallout shelter' signs remain relics of history

Many buildings in New York still have those yellow fallout shelter placards visible. But these are actually historical relics and not indicative of any actual shelter or supplies on site.

Families evacuated from dilapidated building in Newark

Forty-seven families have been evacuated from a dilapidated apartment building in Newark’s South Ward, just before Thanksgiving.

NYC tracking ‘zombie homes’

The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development has created a special team to track down so-called “zombie homes."

New York City tracking 'zombie homes'
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New York City's Department of Housing Preservation and Development is trying to track "zombie homes" throughout the city.

No heat, hot water top issues facing NYCHA tenants

NYCHA tenants spoke face to face with various housing authority officials about having to live without heat or hot water, among other concerns at a town hall in the East Village on Wednesday. 

Thousands of NYCHA residents complain of no heat, hot water

More than 2,000 residents at the Rangel Houses in Harlem say they have been living without heat for over 24 hours as cold temperatures grip the city.

Yonkers mayor slams NYC about influx of homeless
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The mayor of Yonkers says his financially strapped city has its own issue with homelessness so he wants to know why New York is sending its homeless here. The Special One Time Assistance Program, or SOTA, gives homeless individuals and families one year's rent to relocate anywhere in the United States.