City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

It’s Election Day on Tuesday, and housing is on the ballot. (Adi Talwar/City Limits)

Welcome to City Limits’ NYC Housing Calendar, a weekly feature where we round up the latest housing and land use-related events and hearings, as well as upcoming affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon.

Know of an event we should include in next week’s calendar? Email us.

Upcoming Housing and Land Use-Related Events:

Tuesday, Nov. 4, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.: It’s Election Day in New York City! Read more about the mayoral candidates’ housing plans here and here, and learn about the housing-related proposals on the back of your ballot here, here and here. Find your poll site and view a sample ballot here.

Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 10 a.m.: The City Planning Commission will meet to vote on the 176 Dikeman Street Bulk Authorization and the NYCTA Tuskegee Airmen Way City Map Change. More here.

Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 6:30 p.m.: The NYC Public Housing Preservation Trust will hold a virtual meeting for residents at NYCHA’s Nostrand Houses in Brooklyn to provide updates on repair and construction plans. More here.

Monday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Representatives from the Department of Housing, Preservation and Development will be at Councilmember Joann Ariola with resources for both tenants and building owners, like how to apply for affordable housing or correct a housing violation. More here.

NYC Affordable Housing Lotteries Ending Soon: The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) are closing lotteries on the following subsidized buildings over the next week.

250 West 49th Street Apartments, Manhattan, for households earning between $68,023 – $227,500 (last day to apply is 11/3)

Astoria Point, Queens, for households earning between $104,298 – $227,500 (last day to apply is 11/3)

25-14 21st Street Apartments, Queens, for households earning between (last day to apply is 11/5)

1601 DeKalb, Brooklyn, for households earning between $30,823 – $241,080 (last day to apply is 11/5)

214-33 41st Avenue Apartments, Queens, for households earning between (last day to apply is 11/7)

The Gregory, Brooklyn, for households earning between $142,286 – $261,170 (last day to apply is 11/7)

836 East 34th Street Apartments, Brooklyn, for households earning between $95,006 – $140,000 (last day to apply is 11/7)

86-15 60th Road Apartments, Queens, for households earning between $95,555 – $189,540 (last day to apply is 11/7)

2135 Reeds Mill Lane Apartments, Bronx, for households earning between (last day to apply is 11/7)

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By COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 Democrat-led states are challenging a new Trump administration policy designed to block nonprofit and government workers from a student loan cancellation program if federal officials determine their employer has a “substantial illegal purpose.”

The policy is aimed primarily at organizations that work with immigrants and transgender youth.

In the lawsuit filed Monday in Massachusetts, the states argue the Trump administration overstepped its authority when it added new eligibility rules for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. The overhaul will worsen job shortages and create instability in state workforces, the suit said.

The legal challenge is being led by New York, Massachusetts, California and Colorado. New York Attorney General Letitia James said the rule is “a political loyalty test disguised as a regulation,” adding that it’s “unjust and unlawful to cut off loan forgiveness for hardworking Americans based on ideology.”

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A separate coalition of cities, nonprofits and labor organizations also filed a legal challenge in Massachusetts on Monday. That suit was brought by Boston; Chicago; Albuquerque, New Mexico; San Francisco; Santa Clara, California; and the National Council of Nonprofits.

Responding to the lawsuits, Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent said it’s unconscionable that the plaintiffs are standing up for criminal activity.

“This is a commonsense reform that will stop taxpayer dollars from subsidizing organizations involved in terrorism, child trafficking, and transgender procedures that are doing irreversible harm to children,” Kent said in a statement. “The final rule is crystal clear: the Department will enforce it neutrally, without consideration of the employer’s mission, ideology, or the population they serve.”

Another lawsuit challenging the rule is expected to be filed Tuesday on behalf of the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights advocacy organization, the American Immigration Council and The Door, a legal group. They’re being represented by the groups Student Defense and Public Citizen.

Congress created the program in 2007 to steer more graduates into lower-paying public sector jobs. It promises to forgive their federal student loans after they make payments for 10 years while working in government jobs or for many nonprofits. More than 1 million Americans have had their loans canceled through the program, including teachers, firefighters, nurses and public defenders.

Under the new policy finalized last week, employers can be removed if they engage in activities including the trafficking or “chemical castration” of children, illegal immigration and supporting terrorist groups. “Chemical castration” is defined as using hormone therapy or drugs that delay puberty — gender-affirming care common for transgender children or teens.

The education secretary gets the final say in determining whether a group’s work has an illegal purpose, weighing whether the “preponderance of the evidence” leans against them.

In their lawsuit, the states argue that entire state governments, hospitals, schools and nonprofits could unilaterally be ruled ineligible by the secretary. They say Congress granted the benefit to all government workers, with no room for the Education Department to add limits.

The states also object to the department’s reliance on the phrase “substantial illegal purpose,” saying it’s an “overbroad and impermissibly vague term” that is aimed “at chilling activities that are disfavored by this Administration.”

The lawsuit asks a federal judge to declare the policy unlawful and forbid the Education Department from enforcing it.

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A man was shot and wounded inside a St. Paul bar over the weekend and returned fire, police said.

The shooter entered the St. Paul Saloon on Hudson Road near Earl Street about 11:45 p.m. Saturday and shot the man in the leg.

The wounded man chased the suspect outside and, with his own firearm, fired several shots toward him, said Sgt. Toy Vixayvong, a police spokesman. Police had not found the suspect as of Monday morning and it wasn’t known if he’d been struck by gunfire.

Officers used tourniquets on the wounded man and St. Paul Fire Department medics took him to the hospital with a non-life threatening wound.

A man who answered the phone at the St. Paul Saloon on Monday referred questions to the owner, who he said is out of town.

There have been fatal shootings outside the bar in the past, including the killings of Raymond Renteria-Hobbs, 20, in 2021, Wayne Rodrick Brown, 29, in 2019, and George Bensouda, 33, in 2017.

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By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN

NEW YORK (AP) — The moon will look slightly bigger and brighter Wednesday night during the closest supermoon of the year.

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The moon’s orbit around the Earth isn’t a perfect circle, so it gets nearer and farther as it swings around. A so-called supermoon happens when a full moon is closer to Earth in its orbit. That makes the moon look up to 14% bigger and 30% brighter than the faintest moon of the year, according to NASA.

November’s supermoon is the second of three supermoons this year and also the closest: The moon will come within just under 222,000 miles of Earth.

Tides may be slightly higher during a supermoon because the moon is closer to Earth, said astronomer Lawrence Wasserman with Lowell Observatory. But the difference isn’t very noticeable.

No special equipment is needed to view the supermoon if clear skies permit. But the change in the moon’s size can be tough to discern with the naked eye.

“The difference is most obvious as a comparison between other images or observations,” said Shannon Schmoll, director of Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University, in an email.

Supermoons happen a few times a year. One in October made the moon look somewhat larger, and another in December will be the last of the year.

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