What Happened This Week in NYC Housing? May 23, 2025

Each Friday City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing land use and homelessness Catch up on what you might have missed here A voter registration drive at a supportive housing site for domestic violence survivors Photo by Adi Talwar Welcome to What Happened This Week in NYC Housing where we compile the latest local news about housing land use and homelessness Know of a story we should include in next week s roundup Email us ICYMI from City Limits With the city s primary elections just weeks away housing and homeless advocacy groups are helping unhoused New Yorkers and domestic violence survivors register to vote You don t need a permanent address to cast your ballot and DV survivors can request the state keep their records confidential The state budget included a small pool of funds to kickstart a new rental subsidy project Here s what we know so far about how the housing access voucher venture will work and who would qualify Lea la versi n en espa ol aqu The comptroller s office will audit how NYCHA spends city capital budget funds at the request of masses housing tenants Here s what former Assembly member and now mayoral candidate Michael Blake says he ll do to address the city s housing predicament if elected to City Hall ICYMI from other local newsrooms Related Companies is dropping its bid to build a casino at Hudson Yards and now proposes building up to new apartments instead on Manhattan s west side the New York Times released Residents at Rochdale Village a Queens Mitchell-Lama co-op home to selected people are facing soaring maintenance insurance and other costs according to Gothamist NYCHA opened its first dog park at Castle Hill Houses the Bronx Times revealed Property owners on Staten Island are ready to build Accessory Dwelling Units a key part of the mayor s City of Yes for Housing plan passed late last year but the approval process is slow-going according to The City A state court is taking up a scenario in which landlords are challenging the city of Kingston s efforts to adopt rent stabilization and its decision could effect other attempts to expand tenant protections across upstate New York according to City State The post What Happened This Week in NYC Housing May appeared first on City Limits