City Limits

“As the housing crisis drags on, New York City cannot afford to lose existing affordable housing to neglect or rely solely on costly new construction to close the gap. A reformed J-51 offers a practical, proven, and targeted solution.” A Bronx residential building with rent-stabilized apartments on the corner of East Mosholu Parkway North and Kossuth Avenue in the Bronx.

“Lo que están haciendo es como una incursión. Van por las calles deambulando y parando a personas de origen latino”, afirmó Paige Austin, abogada de Make the Road New York, una de las varias organizaciones que presentaron el jueves una demanda en nombre de los neoyorquinos a los que agentes federales de inmigración han parado o detenido. Agentes federales de inmigración durante una operación policial en el Bronx en enero de 2025.

Fossil fuel interests have enlisted prominent former elected officials to make the case that gas is here to stay. The gas industry is supporting Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push to weaken New York’s climate law. (Photo: Suradech14/Getty Images; Illustration: Leor Stylar) This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here.

“For children experiencing homelessness, school is often the most consistent and stabilizing environment available to them. Disrupting that stability, even temporarily, has immediate academic consequences and long-term developmental implications.” School buses outside a hotel being used for shelter in Queens in 2023.

“We want sheds down, but more importantly, we’re happy to see that work is getting done,” Buildings Commissioner Ahmed Tigani told City Limits in a recent interview. “We’re balancing better protection with creating a built environment where mobility and access and enjoyment of that space doesn’t have to be so much impaired.” Mayor Mamdani at a press conference in the Bronx on March 6 to announce a series of programs to take longstanding sheds down, especially at NYCHA campuses.

“Alcohol sales in New York generate $12 billion annually, yet currently contribute nothing directly to address the very problems alcohol can create.” A beer distributor in Inwood in 2016. State lawmakers are proposing bills that would use revenue from alcohol and opioid sales to fund addiction treatment programs. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) As one-of-a-kind as New York may seem, January’s federal health cuts and their ripple effects spared no one.

“What they’re doing is like marauding. They’re out on the streets wandering around, stopping people who are Latino,” said Paige Austin, an attorney with Make the Road New York, one of several legal groups that filed a lawsuit Thursday on behalf of New Yorkers stopped or detained by federal immigration agents. Federal immigration officers during a law enforcement operation in the Bronx in January 2025.

“Funding for Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC), the Medicaid program that allows low-income seniors and people living with disabilities to receive care at home, is rewarding plans serving the healthiest populations while penalizing plans serving the most complex populations.” (Adi Talwar/City Limits) In New York, we have made a promise. We’ve said that older adults should be able to age with dignity, in their homes, in their communities, surrounded by the people and places they love.

“In the poorest zip codes in the state, from Brownsville to Buffalo, children are languishing on waitlists as their mental health deteriorates, heightening the risk of hospitalization, institutionalization, and even incarceration.” Children’s art on display at a school in the Bronx. (City Limits/Adi Talwar) A young boy in Brooklyn loses his mother to a car accident.

“By passing the expanded J-51 proposal in this year’s budget, the governor and legislature have a chance to help co-ops afford the energy upgrades mandated by Local Law 97, keep monthly maintenance fees from skyrocketing, and enable residents to continue affording their homes.” A natural gas boiler at a co-op in Queens. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) Nonprofit co-operative housing has long provided lower and middle income New Yorkers with stable, affordable, family-sized homes.