Posted inRent
Looking for an NYC Apartment? Good Luck.
Rental vacancy rate plunges to 1.4%, key Census report says, as low-income New Yorkers struggle the most.
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Posted inRent
Why Are NYC Rents So High? It’s Complicated
COVID spurred many tenants to vacate city apartments, but changing rent laws and rising interest rates are among factors now encouraging people to stay put — with few new apartments available.
Posted inThe Bronx
Manhattan Got Less Wealthy While The Bronx Got Less Poor in First Year of Pandemic
And Queens ed Staten Island in 2020 as the borough with the lowest poverty rate, a new analysis by THE CITY shows.
Posted inIndigenous Peoples
Native American New Yorkers Grow in Number, Latest Census Shows
More than 180,000 reported “American Indian” heritage, amounting to 2% of the city’s population. Participants in a weekend Indigenous Peoples’ Day celebration said New York City should do more to honor the holiday.
Posted inCensus
New York City’s Population Booms — But Not for Everyone, Everywhere
New Census numbers show a record 8.8 million people live in the five boroughs, with population up 7.7% overall. Growth was especially strong in Brooklyn — but not for Black residents, whose numbers were down citywide.
Posted inCensus
NYC Asian Activists Seek to Turn Surging Population Into Electoral Power
New Census numbers showing a 43% increase of Asian New Yorkers in Brooklyn and a 29% jump in Queens fuel demands for more representation as the process for redrawing elected officials’ district lines heats up.
Posted inCensus
Heat, Fear and Stubborn Doormen: What Census Workers Face in the Final Month of NYC Count
Enumerators hired by the U.S. Census Bureau have until Sept. 30 to avoid an undercount. But pandemic-scarred New Yorkers are less likely than ever to welcome in strangers.
Posted inCoronavirus
In Emptier Manhattan, Low Census Responses Prompt Outreach to Those Who Left
In some wealthy areas like the Upper East Side’s “Gold Coast,” Census responses are dragging behind 2010 figures by double digits amid the pandemic.
Posted inCoronavirus
Co-Op City Succeeds With Census While Much of NYC Struggles. What’s Its Secret?
Over 70% of households have filled out surveys in chunks of The Bronx’s “city within a city,” compared to 49% citywide average amid the COVID crisis.
Posted inGovernment
Counting the Ways New York is Getting Creative With Promoting the Census
With the in-person approach no longer viable, outreach efforts are being re-aimed to inspire participation through unexpected tactics.