NYC to pay to house low-income residents outside 5 boroughs

We are supported by our readers. Consider donating to fund the local reporting you rely on. [View in Browser]( Tuesday September 26, 2023 [Donate now]( ADVERTISEMENT [NYC will pay to house low-income residents outside the 5 boroughs]( [The New York City skyline seen through the Throgs Neck Bridge on a clear day.]( [For the first time, the city’s social services agency says it will allow people with CityFHEPS vouchers to find and rent apartments anywhere in New York state.]( ADVERTISEMENT More Stories From Today [Bishop Lamor Whitehead attends the BET Hip Hop Awards 2022 at The Cobb Theater.]( [Bishop Lamor Whitehead robbery case turns 'awkward' after guilty plea pulled]( [Bishop Lamor Whitehead says he’s been turned from “a victim to a villain.”]( [A small cross hangs from the door of a Bronx day care center as police and crime scene investigators continue work, after a 1-year-old child died and three other children were injured from alleged exposure to the drug fentanyl on Sept. 21.]( [Husband of Bronx day care owner arrested in Mexico after 1-year-old's overdose death]( [It's the fourth arrest since a 1-year-old boy died after an apparent opioid exposure at the center.]( [Construction worker make infrastructure repairs on the intersection of Church Avenue and Coney Island Avenue in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, April 6, 2021.]( [NYC Council plans to fight loud streets with 'noise cameras']( [The City Council is proposing a package of bills to redefine unreasonable noise and implement a noise camera program to dish out fines.]( [Sen. Bob Menendez, at left, greets Sen. Cory Booker, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting on October 5, 2017.]( [NJ's Booker and NY's Gillibrand call for indicted fellow Sen. Bob Menendez to resign]( [Booker stressed their strong relationship and and Menendez's "extraordinary work and boundless work ethic," even as he said the senior senator should step aside.]( [A view of the Empire State Building and NYC skyline.]( [Extra Extra: Magical treatment for the Empire State Building]( [Because we don't need another government shut down, here are your afternoon links: new cell phone policy for a NJ school district, small earthquakes, a Ye impersonator, and more from around the city and internet.]( [A photo of a crowded street in Manhattan]( [NYC to tackle street harassment with a day of action, survey]( [The survey and day of action aim to track the prevalence and impact of street harassment on New Yorkers and could inform the city on what can and should be done about it.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Support Us]( Follow Gothamist on [Gothamist on Facebook]( [Gothamist on Twitter]( NYPR Network [WNYC]() [Gothamist]() [WNYC Studios]() [NJPR]( [WQXR]() [New Sounds]() Copyright © New York Public Radio, 160 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. All rights reserved. [Terms of Use]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( from this list.