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Abigail Savitch-Lew

Abby is a born-and-raised Brooklynite with a passion for land use issues and long-form journalism. Prior to City Limits, she worked as a freelancer for several publications including YES! Magazine, Colorlines, The Nation, Dissent Magazine and Jacobin. She has appeared as a guest on BRIC TV, CUNY TV, and BronxNet and is a winner of an Ippies award from CUNY's Center for Community and Ethnic Media. Abby also loves writing fiction and is currently working on a novel that blends her family's immigration story with meditations on the deindustrialization and gentrification of Brooklyn.

CHR

Call for Crackdown on ‘Rent Fraud’ in Rezoning Neighborhoods

Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 9, 2018

Rent-stabilized tenants made a lot of policy wins last year, but advocates say there’s still more the state and city could do to fight rent overcharges in rent-stabilized apartments.

Affordable Housing

Worries About Whether City is Keeping Tabs on Development in East New York

Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 6, 2018

The city says it’s committed to maximizing the creation of affordable housing in East New York, but local advocates wonder whether its efforts are sufficient.

Brooklyn

AUDIO: In Wake of Crown Heights Police Shooting, Quiet Anger Amid a Crowd of Mourners

Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 5, 2018

Between 50 and 100 people gathered near the spot where, about five hours earlier, a 34-year-old black man named Saheed Vassell was shot by NYPD officers.

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With De Blasio Rezonings, City’s Scarce Industrial Land Becomes Scarcer

Abigail Savitch-Lew | April 3, 2018

Industry and neighborhood advocates have concerns about the continuing conversion of industrial land to residential land, but the administration says it is carefully striking balance of ranging city priorities.

Budget

Housing Advocates See Meager Gains, Some Threats in State Budget

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 30, 2018

There is a $15 million allocation for rental subsidies and a modest allocation for NYCHA, but also language on state oversight that concerns some advocates.
 

CITY WIRE: THE BLOG

Understanding Your ‘Right to Counsel’: New Resources for Tenants Facing Eviction

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 29, 2018

The Right to Counsel program is being phased in over five years by zip code and is currently available to 15 zip codes, three in each borough.

Bronx

Bronx Groups: Plan to Scrap the Sheridan Could Create a New Injustice

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 27, 2018

Critics disagree with the state’s vision for improving traffic flow off the Sheridan and Bruckner Expressways.

Citywide

Federal Audit Demands Better Oversight of Program Key to NYCHA’s Survival Plan

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 27, 2018

The Rental Assistance Demonstration program is expanding nationally and in New York City, but a new government report says the program needs better federal monitoring.

News

Congress Spending Package Is Good News for NYC Tenants

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 23, 2018

(That’s assuming the President doesn’t veto the deal.)

Bronx

Jerome Avenue Rezoning Gets Unanimous Council Nod Despite Local Opposition

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 23, 2018

The administration’s first neighborhood rezoning in the Bronx and its fourth overall was unanimously approved by the Council after protesters were removed from the chamber.

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