Patrick Spauster
@patrickspauster.com
Covering housing and homelessness in NYC for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social. urban planner and NY Liberty diehard 🏀🗽
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Patrick Spauster
@patrickspauster.com
· Jun 2
Some personal news: I'm joining @citylimitsnews.bsky.social to cover housing and homelessness. Today is my first day! It's a publication I hold in great regard and a topic crucial to NYers. Hit me up with tips and all things housing, policy, and NYC patrick@citylimits.org
October 2025
Tame Impala
Amaare
CAPICU
Kodak Black
Hana Vu
Bob Dylan
Spotify: buff.ly/uEdkmkB
Apple: buff.ly/MmuHjgr
Tame Impala
Amaare
CAPICU
Kodak Black
Hana Vu
Bob Dylan
Spotify: buff.ly/uEdkmkB
Apple: buff.ly/MmuHjgr
October 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
October 2025
Tame Impala
Amaare
CAPICU
Kodak Black
Hana Vu
Bob Dylan
Spotify: buff.ly/uEdkmkB
Apple: buff.ly/MmuHjgr
Tame Impala
Amaare
CAPICU
Kodak Black
Hana Vu
Bob Dylan
Spotify: buff.ly/uEdkmkB
Apple: buff.ly/MmuHjgr
The race became about who belongs in New York—and who can afford to stay in it.
One last election week housing story from
@citylimitsnews.bsky.social + what you missed in housing this week while everything was happening
citylimits.org/the-election...
One last election week housing story from
@citylimitsnews.bsky.social + what you missed in housing this week while everything was happening
citylimits.org/the-election...
The Election's Number One Issue, and What Else Happened This Week in Housing - City Limits
The race became about who belongs in New York—and who can afford to stay in it.
citylimits.org
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The race became about who belongs in New York—and who can afford to stay in it.
One last election week housing story from
@citylimitsnews.bsky.social + what you missed in housing this week while everything was happening
citylimits.org/the-election...
One last election week housing story from
@citylimitsnews.bsky.social + what you missed in housing this week while everything was happening
citylimits.org/the-election...
Now that we have a mayor-elect Mamdani, might be helpful to dig in on what exactly is going on with the RGB + the rent freeze promise (and how Eric Adams could muck things up). Things could get weird!
If outgoing Mayor Eric Adams appoints new members to the Rent Guidelines Board, it could make it harder for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani to fulfill his "rent freeze" promise. Reporter @patrickspauster.com breaks down the possibilities (with a handy chart!) citylimits.org/can-eric-ada...
November 6, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Now that we have a mayor-elect Mamdani, might be helpful to dig in on what exactly is going on with the RGB + the rent freeze promise (and how Eric Adams could muck things up). Things could get weird!
Maria Torres-Springer will co-chair the Mamdani transition team. My July piece has several helpful nuggets about her governing philosophies that may shape the admin. She believes in partnerships, efficiency and "a maniacal focus on execution"
Read @citylimitsnews.bsky.social:
buff.ly/CTvvPHr
Read @citylimitsnews.bsky.social:
buff.ly/CTvvPHr
November 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Maria Torres-Springer will co-chair the Mamdani transition team. My July piece has several helpful nuggets about her governing philosophies that may shape the admin. She believes in partnerships, efficiency and "a maniacal focus on execution"
Read @citylimitsnews.bsky.social:
buff.ly/CTvvPHr
Read @citylimitsnews.bsky.social:
buff.ly/CTvvPHr
ICYMI: Marmarato, Rep Bronx councilmember falls to Dem challenger Shirley Aldebol.
Marmarato oppossed the Just Home aff housing project, which helped her win 2 yrs ago. Aldebol, endorsed by @openny.org is presumably more open to it: buff.ly/gYAvJEH
Marmarato oppossed the Just Home aff housing project, which helped her win 2 yrs ago. Aldebol, endorsed by @openny.org is presumably more open to it: buff.ly/gYAvJEH
November 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ICYMI: Marmarato, Rep Bronx councilmember falls to Dem challenger Shirley Aldebol.
Marmarato oppossed the Just Home aff housing project, which helped her win 2 yrs ago. Aldebol, endorsed by @openny.org is presumably more open to it: buff.ly/gYAvJEH
Marmarato oppossed the Just Home aff housing project, which helped her win 2 yrs ago. Aldebol, endorsed by @openny.org is presumably more open to it: buff.ly/gYAvJEH
Mamdani on NYCHA: doesn't rule out PACT conversions (or the preservation trust) which convert public housing to section 8, (and private mgmt in the case of PACT).
Says he wants residents to decide. 7 that have voted went Trust (4), stay Section 9 (2), PACT (1)
h/t @katiehonan.bsky.social
Says he wants residents to decide. 7 that have voted went Trust (4), stay Section 9 (2), PACT (1)
h/t @katiehonan.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Mamdani on NYCHA: doesn't rule out PACT conversions (or the preservation trust) which convert public housing to section 8, (and private mgmt in the case of PACT).
Says he wants residents to decide. 7 that have voted went Trust (4), stay Section 9 (2), PACT (1)
h/t @katiehonan.bsky.social
Says he wants residents to decide. 7 that have voted went Trust (4), stay Section 9 (2), PACT (1)
h/t @katiehonan.bsky.social
Earnest post: very proud of @citylimitsnews.bsky.social election coverage. Video, live coverage (w/data), practical guides, undercovered topics like NYCHA. What we do with a tiny staff amazes me!
+we put housing affordability at the center--just like voters!
Check us out! buff.ly/T3cJGEE
+we put housing affordability at the center--just like voters!
Check us out! buff.ly/T3cJGEE
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Earnest post: very proud of @citylimitsnews.bsky.social election coverage. Video, live coverage (w/data), practical guides, undercovered topics like NYCHA. What we do with a tiny staff amazes me!
+we put housing affordability at the center--just like voters!
Check us out! buff.ly/T3cJGEE
+we put housing affordability at the center--just like voters!
Check us out! buff.ly/T3cJGEE
NEWS! Looking likely that the housing related ballot measures will pass with over 1.5 million votes counted.
Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril
But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5)
Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril
But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5)
Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NEWS! Looking likely that the housing related ballot measures will pass with over 1.5 million votes counted.
Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril
But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5)
Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
Prop 1 (upstate ski resort) and Prop 6 (moving election years) might be in peril
But people love digitizing the city map! (Prop 5)
Updates on @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
Quickly up to 53 percent reporting - still tight!
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Quickly up to 53 percent reporting - still tight!
With (still early!) 25 percent of the vote reporting, the housing ballot measures look in for a close finish. Upstate ski resort (prop 1) and moving election years (prop 6) looking tougher. Digital City Map (prop 5) looks safer!
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
With (still early!) 25 percent of the vote reporting, the housing ballot measures look in for a close finish. Upstate ski resort (prop 1) and moving election years (prop 6) looking tougher. Digital City Map (prop 5) looks safer!
I simply love covering election day. There is joy and hope and frustration and duty.
And for a little fun: reading tea leaves. I talked to 3 Bed-Stuy voters today who were Cuomo in the primary and voted for Mamdani today. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social spoke with a few more
buff.ly/PK2Qdya
And for a little fun: reading tea leaves. I talked to 3 Bed-Stuy voters today who were Cuomo in the primary and voted for Mamdani today. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social spoke with a few more
buff.ly/PK2Qdya
How New Yorkers Say They’re Voting And Why
This election has been defined, in part, by debate over how to address the city's escalating affordability crisis, especially in the face of federal funding cuts.
citylimits.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I simply love covering election day. There is joy and hope and frustration and duty.
And for a little fun: reading tea leaves. I talked to 3 Bed-Stuy voters today who were Cuomo in the primary and voted for Mamdani today. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social spoke with a few more
buff.ly/PK2Qdya
And for a little fun: reading tea leaves. I talked to 3 Bed-Stuy voters today who were Cuomo in the primary and voted for Mamdani today. @citylimitsnews.bsky.social spoke with a few more
buff.ly/PK2Qdya
As the sun sets on election day, a few more councilmembers have come out in support of the ballot measures (or some of them), even as council leadership is united in opposition.
Eric Bottcher and Shaun Abreu were public "Yes" on all, Pierina Sanchez was Y on 2 and Lincoln Restler was Y on 2,3
Eric Bottcher and Shaun Abreu were public "Yes" on all, Pierina Sanchez was Y on 2 and Lincoln Restler was Y on 2,3
November 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
As the sun sets on election day, a few more councilmembers have come out in support of the ballot measures (or some of them), even as council leadership is united in opposition.
Eric Bottcher and Shaun Abreu were public "Yes" on all, Pierina Sanchez was Y on 2 and Lincoln Restler was Y on 2,3
Eric Bottcher and Shaun Abreu were public "Yes" on all, Pierina Sanchez was Y on 2 and Lincoln Restler was Y on 2,3
Tap in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social where we're tracking what's happening with NYC's four housing related ballot measures:
Polls showed it with healthy 2/3 support and there's been (potentially record) turnout today. citylimits.org/live-updates...
Polls showed it with healthy 2/3 support and there's been (potentially record) turnout today. citylimits.org/live-updates...
Live Updates: New Yorkers Weigh In On Housing Ballot Measures - City Limits
Four measures on the ballot this Election Day would change how New York City permits new affordable housing. City Limits will be tracking the results as votes roll in Tuesday night.
citylimits.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Tap in @citylimitsnews.bsky.social where we're tracking what's happening with NYC's four housing related ballot measures:
Polls showed it with healthy 2/3 support and there's been (potentially record) turnout today. citylimits.org/live-updates...
Polls showed it with healthy 2/3 support and there's been (potentially record) turnout today. citylimits.org/live-updates...
Reposted by Patrick Spauster
Four measures on the ballot this Election Day would change how NYC permits new affordable housing. City Limits reporter @patrickspauster.com will be tracking the results as votes roll in Tuesday night. Read more about the proposals, and check back for updates: citylimits.org/live-updates...
Live Updates: New Yorkers Weigh In On Housing Ballot Measures - City Limits
Four measures on the ballot this Election Day would change how New York City permits new affordable housing. City Limits will be tracking the results as votes roll in Tuesday night.
citylimits.org
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Four measures on the ballot this Election Day would change how NYC permits new affordable housing. City Limits reporter @patrickspauster.com will be tracking the results as votes roll in Tuesday night. Read more about the proposals, and check back for updates: citylimits.org/live-updates...
.@CityLimitsNews.bsky.social talked to countless NYers over the past few months about the city they want to see. Here are a few of their dreams for the next mayoralty, including the adorable Katania Davis who wants better school lunch and for everyone to have housing.
citylimits.org/new-york-cit...
citylimits.org/new-york-cit...
November 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
.@CityLimitsNews.bsky.social talked to countless NYers over the past few months about the city they want to see. Here are a few of their dreams for the next mayoralty, including the adorable Katania Davis who wants better school lunch and for everyone to have housing.
citylimits.org/new-york-cit...
citylimits.org/new-york-cit...
Reposted by Patrick Spauster
If you care about rent stabilization, you may be wondering what the heck is going on with the Rent Guidelines Board
w/Adams considering appointing new members, @citylimitsnews has what it means for a potential Mamdani rent freeze + this graphic you didn't know you needed:
buff.ly/qo7N9jh
w/Adams considering appointing new members, @citylimitsnews has what it means for a potential Mamdani rent freeze + this graphic you didn't know you needed:
buff.ly/qo7N9jh
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If you care about rent stabilization, you may be wondering what the heck is going on with the Rent Guidelines Board
w/Adams considering appointing new members, @citylimitsnews has what it means for a potential Mamdani rent freeze + this graphic you didn't know you needed:
buff.ly/qo7N9jh
w/Adams considering appointing new members, @citylimitsnews has what it means for a potential Mamdani rent freeze + this graphic you didn't know you needed:
buff.ly/qo7N9jh
Reposted by Patrick Spauster
If outgoing Mayor Eric Adams appoints new members to the Rent Guidelines Board, it could make it harder for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani to fulfill his "rent freeze" promise. Reporter @patrickspauster.com breaks down the possibilities (with a handy chart!) citylimits.org/can-eric-ada...
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If outgoing Mayor Eric Adams appoints new members to the Rent Guidelines Board, it could make it harder for frontrunner Zohran Mamdani to fulfill his "rent freeze" promise. Reporter @patrickspauster.com breaks down the possibilities (with a handy chart!) citylimits.org/can-eric-ada...
If you care about rent stabilization, you may be wondering what the heck is going on with the Rent Guidelines Board
w/Adams considering appointing new members, @citylimitsnews has what it means for a potential Mamdani rent freeze + this graphic you didn't know you needed:
buff.ly/qo7N9jh
w/Adams considering appointing new members, @citylimitsnews has what it means for a potential Mamdani rent freeze + this graphic you didn't know you needed:
buff.ly/qo7N9jh
October 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If you care about rent stabilization, you may be wondering what the heck is going on with the Rent Guidelines Board
w/Adams considering appointing new members, @citylimitsnews has what it means for a potential Mamdani rent freeze + this graphic you didn't know you needed:
buff.ly/qo7N9jh
w/Adams considering appointing new members, @citylimitsnews has what it means for a potential Mamdani rent freeze + this graphic you didn't know you needed:
buff.ly/qo7N9jh
Good news: This building was supposed to be luxury apartments. Now this it will be 183 homes for New Yorkers leaving shelters.
A new initiative is financing homes specifically for people with hard-to-use city vouchers @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
buff.ly/wqDQkHz
A new initiative is financing homes specifically for people with hard-to-use city vouchers @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
buff.ly/wqDQkHz
This Building Was Supposed to be Luxury Apartments. Now It Will House 183 Families From Homeless Shelters
After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with families who have hard-to-use city housing
citylimits.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Good news: This building was supposed to be luxury apartments. Now this it will be 183 homes for New Yorkers leaving shelters.
A new initiative is financing homes specifically for people with hard-to-use city vouchers @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
buff.ly/wqDQkHz
A new initiative is financing homes specifically for people with hard-to-use city vouchers @citylimitsnews.bsky.social
buff.ly/wqDQkHz
Reposted by Patrick Spauster
After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with formerly homeless families who have hard-to-use housing vouchers. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/this-buildin...
This Building Was Supposed to be Luxury Apartments. Now It Will House 183 Families From Homeless Shelters - City Limits
After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with families who have hard-to-use city housing vouchers.
citylimits.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
After a luxury building in East New York flopped, the city is taking advantage of a new program to fill it with formerly homeless families who have hard-to-use housing vouchers. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/this-buildin...
Reposted by Patrick Spauster
Before you head to the polls: learn more about what the mayoral contenders say they'll do to fill the housing shortage, their approach to zoning rules and plans for NYCHA. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/where-the-ma...
Where The Mayoral Candidates Stand On Housing Issues - City Limits
Early voting is underway. City Limits has the details on where the candidates stand on rent stabilization, affordable housing production, zoning reform, and NYCHA.
citylimits.org
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Before you head to the polls: learn more about what the mayoral contenders say they'll do to fill the housing shortage, their approach to zoning rules and plans for NYCHA. via @patrickspauster.com: citylimits.org/where-the-ma...
Reposted by Patrick Spauster
NYCHA's Mitchel Houses, where a building partially collapsed earlier this month, has $725 million in repair needs, an estimated $400,000 per apartment.
A City Limits analysis found that many other NYCHA developments have similar levels of wear—or worse (🧵)
citylimits.org/most-nycha-d...
A City Limits analysis found that many other NYCHA developments have similar levels of wear—or worse (🧵)
citylimits.org/most-nycha-d...
Most NYCHA Developments Have Greater Repair Needs Than Partially-Collapsed Mitchel Houses, Inspections Show - City Limits
After the partial collapse of a NYCHA building in the Bronx, tenants are split on how to best address deteriorating conditions in the city’s public housing stock. Stay in underfunded Section 9, or con...
citylimits.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
NYCHA's Mitchel Houses, where a building partially collapsed earlier this month, has $725 million in repair needs, an estimated $400,000 per apartment.
A City Limits analysis found that many other NYCHA developments have similar levels of wear—or worse (🧵)
citylimits.org/most-nycha-d...
A City Limits analysis found that many other NYCHA developments have similar levels of wear—or worse (🧵)
citylimits.org/most-nycha-d...
“It’s a wake up call.”
Most NYCHA developments are in worse shape than the partially-collapsed Mitchel houses in the Bronx, I find in @citylimitsnews
NYCHA residents remain split on how to address deteriorating conditions 👇
citylimits.org/most-nycha-d...
Most NYCHA developments are in worse shape than the partially-collapsed Mitchel houses in the Bronx, I find in @citylimitsnews
NYCHA residents remain split on how to address deteriorating conditions 👇
citylimits.org/most-nycha-d...
October 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“It’s a wake up call.”
Most NYCHA developments are in worse shape than the partially-collapsed Mitchel houses in the Bronx, I find in @citylimitsnews
NYCHA residents remain split on how to address deteriorating conditions 👇
citylimits.org/most-nycha-d...
Most NYCHA developments are in worse shape than the partially-collapsed Mitchel houses in the Bronx, I find in @citylimitsnews
NYCHA residents remain split on how to address deteriorating conditions 👇
citylimits.org/most-nycha-d...
Reposted by Patrick Spauster
Every year I write the same, slightly grimmer story
1 in 10 five years ago
1 in 9
1 in 8
1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.
For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
buff.ly/ICwJLj3
1 in 10 five years ago
1 in 9
1 in 8
1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.
For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
buff.ly/ICwJLj3
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Every year I write the same, slightly grimmer story
1 in 10 five years ago
1 in 9
1 in 8
1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.
For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
buff.ly/ICwJLj3
1 in 10 five years ago
1 in 9
1 in 8
1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.
For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
buff.ly/ICwJLj3
Every year I write the same, slightly grimmer story
1 in 10 five years ago
1 in 9
1 in 8
1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.
For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
buff.ly/ICwJLj3
1 in 10 five years ago
1 in 9
1 in 8
1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.
For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
buff.ly/ICwJLj3
October 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Every year I write the same, slightly grimmer story
1 in 10 five years ago
1 in 9
1 in 8
1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.
For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
buff.ly/ICwJLj3
1 in 10 five years ago
1 in 9
1 in 8
1 in 7 New York public school students experienced homelessness last school year, a record high.
For @citylimitsnews.bsky.social I discuss the troubling rise
buff.ly/ICwJLj3