Each Friday, City Limits rounds up the latest news on housing, land use and homelessness. Catch up on what you might have missed here.
Adi Talwar
Poughkeepsie, New York. State lawmakers are weighing a bill that would make it easier for towns and cities outside New York City to adopt rent regulation.Welcome to “What Happened This Week in NYC Housing?” where we compile the latest local news about housing, land use and homelessness. Know of a story we should include in next week’s roundup? Email us.
ICYMI, from City Limits:
- A plan to rezone a swath of Central Brooklyn, called the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan, is nearing a vote in the City Council—and negotiations are likely to center around the amount and affordability levels of affordable housing, including at several publicly owned sites.
- Mold remains a persistent problem at NYCHA, which is behind on federally-required targets for eradicating mold issues within five days.
- State lawmakers are weighing a bill that would make it easier for cities and states outside New York City to opt into rent regulation.
- City charter changes may look to reform the city’s public land use review process, known as ULURP—but doing so would diminish community voice, argues housing advocate Graham Ciraulo.
ICYMI, from other local newsrooms:
- A report from the New York Housing Conference says city requirements around affordable housing lotteries make it harder to fill affordable units, thousands of which sit empty for months before a tenant moves in, Gothamist reported.
- A judge ruled that the Trump administration is allowed to withhold federal funding for migrant shelters, after FEMA took back $80 million previously doled out to New York City, according to the New York Times.
- A nonprofit executive whose organization was hired to operate shelter hotels during the COVID-19 lockdown was charged Thursday for allegedly taking bribes in exchange for steering city funds to two co-conspirators, The City reported.
- City Council committees approved a contentious housing plan for the Arrow Linen site in Brooklyn, negotiating lower building heights and a greater share of affordable units, according to City & State.
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