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Breaking Ground’s CEO said it initiated legal action against residents after it had “exhausted” all interventions.

Drivers living in Brownsville, Canarsie and Crown Heights pay higher insurance rates than those who live on the Upper East or West Sides, according to a new report.

A bill in the City Council would require a second facility to open where families with children can apply for emergency housing. Currently there is one office in the South Bronx.

The $60 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development is part of the $171 million the federal agency is awarding states and localities nationwide to address homelessness.

Advocates for the homeless say the out-of-state assistance comes as shelter providers are financially struggling and already straining to meet demand.

A pandemic-era housing vouchers program helped 5,375 New York City households secure permanent housing.

With a budget deadline looming, state lawmakers are grappling with how much to raise New York’s minimum wage.

The free meals will extend until April 19 on a first-come, first-served basis.

The New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the NYPD for not releasing public records quickly.

Auditors from the state comptroller’s office found that the state’s housing agency left millions of dollars worth of housing vouchers unspent.

The Department of Social Services is asking homeless people who received accommodations to move out of congregate shelters because of COVID health risks to reapply.

Over the last decade, New York City taxpayers began picking up a bigger tab for providing shelter to homeless people.