1 in 3 tenants spend half their income on rent

Plus: No more making a living by reporting noisy neighbors? [View this email in a browser.]( Gothamist relies on your support to make local news available to all. Not yet a member? [Consider donating and join today.]( [1 in 3 NYC tenants spend half their income on rent as affordability crisis deepens]( [first image]( [Today's newsletter curated by James Ramsay]( Weather: ⛅ Partly sunny, with highs in the lower 60s. It's Tuesday morning in New York City, where about 1.2 million households are considered "rent burdened." [A newly released analysis of 2021 city housing data]( finds that 55% of tenants are spending about a third of their earnings to stay in their apartments, while about 34% of New York City tenants are "severely rent burdened" — meaning, they give at least half their income to their landlord. Here's what else is happening: - Gov. Kathy Hochul said she's [traveling to Israel today]( for a "solidarity mission" as the Israel-Hamas war intensifies. - Mayor Eric Adams confirmed yesterday that he plans to force migrant families with children to [leave their assigned homeless shelters after 60 days]( and reapply for shelter. - At a migrant shelter in [Staten Island]( where angry locals have been protesting for months, the FDNY yesterday [ordered everyone to vacate]( citing a lack of working sprinklers and fire alarms. - Maimonides Medical Center is [evicting at least 38 current and former employees]( from Brooklyn buildings that previously served as employee housing but are now being converted into affordable units as part of a deal with the city. - Fort Greene Park officials are warning visitors to watch out for tiny plastic canisters on fields and playgrounds, [fearing they may contain traces of fentanyl](. - Under current law, New York City residents who [report bars and restaurants for excessive noise]( can collect 25% to 50% of the fine for themselves. But the City Council is considering changes to the rule after investigators found that just two individuals, who've been responsible for 90% of this year's 6,000 noise complaints, are effectively making a living by doing this. - Rikers Island employees [built themselves a secret lounge]( — complete with a big-screen TV, mini fridge and leather sofas — inside an abandoned, asbestos-and-lead-ridden jail facility, according to a recently uncovered Department of Investigation report. - [Never forget]( the Grand Central Terminal employee man cave. - Democratic Socialists of America members are considering suing Mayor Adams for defamation after [he said on MSNBC]( that "you had the DSA and others carrying swastikas and calling for the extermination of Jewish people" at rallies last weekend. - NorthJersey.com's food writer spent two weeks eating fried chicken all over the region, and settled on [this top-5 list](. - Mitt Romney told an author that Oprah Winfrey approached him about [forming a unity ticket]( with her back in 2020 to run against Donald Trump and "save the country." (Oprah claims she merely asked Romney to run as an independent.) - "It is what it is. It’s OK. I mean, I don’t do the heavy lifting. I’m there, I support my girlfriend. But she does the work. And we have help, which is so important.": Robert DeNiro, 80, [on being the father of a new baby](. - No. More. Rainy. [Weekends]( “[That basically means that every single family that's in this situation is on the brink of eviction in any given month]( - Oksana Mironova, a housing policy analyst, on rent burdened tenants living below the poverty line More from Gothamist [second image]( [New Yorkers can now buy booze on Sunday mornings]( Liquor stores in New York will be able to open as early as 10 a.m. on Sunday, thanks to a bill Gov. Kathy Hochul signed into law over the weekend. Retailers will also now be able to sell beer and cider in the overnight hours. [NYC recreation center named after first Black congresswoman gets groundbreaking in East Flatbush]( The Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center is a 74,000-square-foot facility that will feature multiple fitness areas, an indoor pool, a walking track, a commercial teaching kitchen and space for a variety of programming. [We Rely On Your Support]( [Tompkins Square Halloween dog fest won't be curbed by another rainy weekend]( With rain in the forecast for Saturday, dog parade organizers say they'll have ponchos to keep the pooches and their owners dry. [Instagram]( [Instagram]( [Facebook]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Twitter]( [New York Public Radio] [WNYC]( | [WQXR]( | [NJPR]( | [GOTHAMIST]( [WNYC STUDIOS]( | [THE GREENE SPACE]( Copyright © New York Public Radio. All rights reserved. 160 Varick Street, New York, NY 10013 [TERMS OF USE]( You can update your [PREFERENCES]( or [UNSUBSCRIBE]( from this list.