Abigail Savitch-Lew, Author at City Limits

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The city has announced that at least 50 percent of apartments will be rent-restricted, and 20 percent will be for families making below $24,480.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4 minRead time

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Mar 2017

Economy

City Pushed for More Aggressive Industrial Policy

The de Blasio administration is already taking some of the steps that advocates want to see, but they are hoping for faster action.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0 minRead time

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

Board members like some aspects of the city’s proposed rezoning of downtown Far Rockaway, but have concerns ranging from the impact of additional density on neighborhood infrastructure to a lack…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

With Inwood Rezoning Slowed, Attention Turns to Inwood Library Project

The City has proposed redeveloping the branch with rent-restricted housing and a new library space, but many stakeholders insist the land should not be sold to a private developer.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5 minRead time

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Advocates Demand Albany Tax Rich to Address Homelessness Crisis

Organizers say Governor Cuomo and the state senate must back three redistributive tax policies to address the homelessness crisis.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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Mar 2017

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Council, Advocates Brainstorm Ways to Protect Auto Industry

Bronx Councilmember Vanessa Gibson introduced a bill to protect auto shops from bad leases, a measure that could be useful in the event of a rezoning.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7 minRead time

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Mar 2017

Economy

Report Finds Rezonings Threaten Auto-Repair Industry

The Pratt Center for Community Development argues that Mayor de Blasio’s proposed rezonings could displace auto-repair shops—a vital source of employment in immigrant communities.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 13 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness News

City Pushes to Regulate Low-Income Coops Amid Some Shareholders’ Opposition

The city has proposed new rules to protect the long-term affordability of Housing Development Fund Corporations (HDFCs), but some shareholders say the rules would rob them of well-deserved equity.

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ByChristian Vasquez 2 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Government Housing and Homelessness

Harlem Pols Say They’ll Get Tough on Rezoning, Affordability Concerns

Those who ran in a special election for a Harlem Council seat—some of whom plan to run again in November—expressed a range of hopes and worries about a proposed rezoning…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 8 minRead time

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Far Rock Panel Worry: Will There be Too Much Low-Income Housing?

In many neighborhoods facing rezoning, the concern is that too few low-income units will be required. Some Far Rockaways community board members are worried that an influx of poor people…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 9 minRead time

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African Burial Ground Project Will Have Some Units for Extremely Low Income Families

City Pushed for More Aggressive Industrial Policy

Five Rezoning Concerns of the Rockaway Land Use Committee

With Inwood Rezoning Slowed, Attention Turns to Inwood Library Project

Advocates Demand Albany Tax Rich to Address Homelessness Crisis

Council, Advocates Brainstorm Ways to Protect Auto Industry

Report Finds Rezonings Threaten Auto-Repair Industry

City Pushes to Regulate Low-Income Coops Amid Some Shareholders’ Opposition

Harlem Pols Say They’ll Get Tough on Rezoning, Affordability Concerns

Far Rock Panel Worry: Will There be Too Much Low-Income Housing?

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