Daniel Parra Mejía

When it comes to Health Department inspections of city restaurants, the auditors found that 40 percent of the business owners their office surveyed didn’t know they had the right to ask for a language interpreter during the process. via @dparramejia: citylimits.org/lost-in-transl…

Anti-hunger advocates are pushing for the state to fill gaps created by federal funding cuts and new work requirements for SNAP, also known as food stamps, that experts say will make it harder for New Yorkers in need to feed themselves and their families. citylimits.org/what-ny-states…

“There remains a meaningful gap between the scale of need and the resources currently proposed,” said Assemblywoman Maritza Davila, who chairs the Social Services Committee. citylimits.org/what-ny-states…

Some market tenants in mixed-income buildings are getting amenity fees waived while lottery & voucher tenants say they are priced prohibitively high. My follow up on how amenity fees create income-segregated spaces, a new sort of "poor door" in @citylimitsnews

"If the city were to drop its appeal, we are speaking about an expansion that would then cost over $4 billion in the next few years alone," Mamdani says when asked just now about @NYCCouncil's CityFHEPS bills. Read @patrickspauster's story for the latest: citylimits.org/unable-to-reac…

The “rent freeze” rhetoric that dominated the housing debate during last year’s mayoral race was absent from yesterday’s subdued first meeting of the Rent Guidelines Board. citylimits.org/rent-freeze-is…

The fact that some market rate tenants don’t pay extra rubbed voucher holders, who pay 30% percent of their income on rent, the wrong way. Landlords still get the full rent amount from voucher holders because the government picks up the rest of the tab. citylimits.org/while-affordab…

The audit discovered “numerous deficiencies” in how the Health Department provided interpretation services to New Yorkers with limited English proficiency at its facilities, and when staff conducted health inspections at restaurants. citylimits.org/lost-in-transl…

At two new mixed-income buildings, market rate tenants told City Limits their amenity fees are often waived—while their neighbors in affordable housing, who pay rent with a voucher or won a lower-cost lottery rental, are asked to pay extra for those perks. citylimits.org/while-affordab…

While high prices lock some New York City affordable housing tenants out of their luxury building’s amenities—like game rooms, gyms, co-working spaces, and lounges—some of their market-rate neighbors are getting the perks for free, @patrickspauster found: citylimits.org/while-affordab…

We hit the streets & talked to homeless NYers and advocates about the Mamdani admin's approach to homeless encampments, which it says centers outreach. Much skepticism remains--it's not outreach, but having the right housing placement, that makes a difference. w/@jeanmarieevelly

More faith-based organizations are looking to get into the real estate business as they struggle to manage rising costs and dwindling congregation numbers—and the city, facing a historic affordable housing shortage, is ready to help. citylimits.org/city-to-offer-…

Linda Seward testified to the mayor directly about the heat outages and mold in her Morris Heights apartment. "For somebody to spend their time—the mayor of the city—just to sit down and talk to the tenants, or let the tenants talk to him. It means a lot." citylimits.org/mamdani-sits-d…

The mayor spoke to tenants in the Bronx this week at the latest rental ripoff hearing. He made sure to strike a different tone w/ NYCHA residents who had been critical of the hearings' focus on private landlords. That and more housing news @citylimitsnews citylimits.org/mamdani-sits-d…

“El robo de tarjetas EBT es un problema muy, muy grave”, afirmó Goldman. “Solo en Nueva York, en los primeros seis meses del año pasado, se robaron $14 millones de dólares en prestaciones del SNAP”, añadió, citando la investigación de City Limits. citylimits.org/proyecto-de-le…

Tenants at the Manhattan NYCHA development were the latest to vote on what funding model they want, rebuffing two newer initiatives that officials say would unlock additional repair money by converting properties to the federal Section 8 program. citylimits.org/isaacs-houses-…

¿Qué se sabe sobre la detención de la periodista Estefany Rodríguez por parte de ICE? Explica @jczamora de @pressfreedom a @dparramejia de @CityLimitsNews @limites_una y @JesusGar de @eldiariony @factchequeado explica estafa a inmigrantes en NY citylimits.org/podcast-que-se…

Mamdani wants to build Mitchell-Lama style aff hsg at Sunnyside. But the city's existing Mitchell-Lamas are in tough shape, a new report finds. Exactly how its governed is fraught, and tenants often pay the price of poor conditions. In @citylimitsnews citylimits.org/blame-game-per…

A report from the State Comptroller this week highlights ongoing repair issues, vacancies, and mismanaged funds in the city’s revered middle income Mitchell-Lama housing developments. But who's responsible is complicated, @patrickspauster reports. citylimits.org/blame-game-per…

Mayor Mamdani wants to build 12,000 affordable housing units at Sunnyside Yard in Queens—6,000 of which would be through a “Mitchell-Lama style” program. But the city’s existing Mitchell-Lama buildings aren’t doing so great, a new comptroller report finds: citylimits.org/blame-game-per…