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Gov. Kathy Hochul on Monday announced new affordable housing projects in Brooklyn and said she hopes to step up construction of low-cost housing to the rest of the state beginning next year.
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"The housing situation is just so, so bad that people will live by the river rather than wait in the nursing home for an apartment to open up."
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"We're taking these [properties] and viewing them as opportunities."
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Leslie Danks Burke and Lea Webb are competing for the Democratic nomination in the race for New York's 52nd State Senate District, which covers Ithaca and Binghamton.
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“Before, if you walked in Johnson City, you would just hear kids laughing and giggling. Now you don’t hear that. All you hear is construction.”
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The Council voted Wednesday to “accept” a policy proposal on the issue. That did not, however, put any legislation into law.
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The city received $1 million from the New York State Attorney General’s office in 2020 to address some of the root causes of homelessness.
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The Southern Door Community Land Trust will use the grant to retrofit current and future homes with green energy appliances, in an effort to reduce energy costs.
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Former Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick gained a reputation as a rising star in progressive politics since he was elected at age 24. He stepped down as mayor this past weekend.
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Communities across New York are strategizing ways to keep residents in quality housing. In Broome County, that effort has taken the form of a housing trust fund.