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Chau Lam
Chau Lam was a reporter at Gothamist.
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NYC’s largest supportive housing provider sues tenants to collect $1.1M in unpaid rent
Breaking Ground’s CEO said it initiated legal action against residents after it had “exhausted” all interventions.
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Chau Lam
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Black drivers in Brooklyn pay more for car insurance, analysis finds
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.
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Chau Lam
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NYC’s only emergency housing intake center is in the Bronx. That could change.
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.
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Chau Lam
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Feds award $60M grant to NYC for homeless housing, services
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.
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Chau Lam
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NYC turns to Oklahoma for help managing a homeless shelter for migrants
Advocates for the homeless say the out-of-state assistance comes as shelter providers are financially struggling and already straining to meet demand.
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Chau Lam
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Record number of young adults move out of NYC’s homeless shelters
A pandemic-era housing vouchers program helped 5,375 New York City households secure permanent housing.
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Chau Lam
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Democrats agree New York’s minimum wage should be raised. The question is by how much.
With a budget deadline looming, state lawmakers are grappling with how much to raise New York’s minimum wage.
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Chau Lam
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NYC offers free halal iftar meals for Ramadan, Comptroller Lander says
The free meals will extend until April 19 on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Chau Lam
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Civil rights group sues NYPD for records of Mayor Adams’ involuntary removal plan
The New York Civil Liberties Union is suing the NYPD for not releasing public records quickly.
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Chau Lam
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NY state left millions of dollars in housing vouchers unspent, audit finds
Auditors from the state comptroller’s office found that the state’s housing agency left millions of dollars worth of housing vouchers unspent.
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Chau Lam
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As COVID rates dip, NYC looks to move older homeless New Yorkers out of hotels and back to shelters
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.
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Chau Lam
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NYC residents shoulder larger cost of homeless family shelter funding, report finds
Over the last decade, New York City taxpayers began picking up a bigger tab for providing shelter to homeless people.
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Chau Lam
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