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  A guide for homeless and low-income New Yorkers facing red tape, shady landlords and agency mismanagement in their search for a place to live. This article originally appeared in The City. By  Rachel Kahn NEW YORK - Housing vouchers are a central tool in the city’s efforts to solve the housing crisis. But for many New Yorkers, the problem isn’t applying for assistance, but what comes next: finding an apartment and securing the voucher. And it’s a real uphill climb.  According to an audit published last week by the state comptroller’s office, it took people an average of 10 months to find an apartment and secure a CityFHEPS voucher, the biggest housing voucher program in the city. That’s a long time — especially when you have to reapply every 120 days to maintain your eligibility to search for housing. Advocates, tenants and real estate agents alike describe the process of acquiring CityFHEPS as frustrating and demoralizing. “A lot of these ...

Mayor Eric Adams unveils his administration’s vision for the next phase of the transformation of the Willets Point community in Queens. Queens Museum, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens. -Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office. By Mayor Eric Adams   NEW YORK - It’s time to create a New York City where working New Yorkers can have safe, affordable homes, find well-paying jobs, send their children to good schools, and live close to public transportation so that they don’t have to spend hours commuting. Willets Point in Queens, previously known as the “Iron Triangle” or the “Valley of Ashes,” was filled with auto repair shops, prone to flooding and lacked infrastructure.  Today, it offers our city a once-in-a-generation opportunity to create a vibrant, thriving neighborhood from scratch.   The cornerstone of Willets Point will be 2,500 new homes that are 100% affordable. That’s the largest 100% affordable housing project in New York City si...