Affordable Housing
Amid COVID and Fiscal Woes, Mayor’s Housing Plan Enters Stretch Run
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Mayor de Blasio’s initiative to build or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing seems to be on track. But is it on target?
Housing and Development
Video: The de Blasio Rezonings, Revisited
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So far, the city has approved six of the 15 rezonings Mayor de Blasio thought he’d accomplish, with one remaining on the docket. Here’s a quick video tour through the communities that have been rezoned.
Brooklyn
Tough Questions for Industry City in First Council Hearing on Rezoning Bid
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Councilmembers scrutinized the promise of 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, which depends on hiring decisions that Industry City itself will not control.
Mapping the Future
Six Down, One to Go: Where de Blasio’s Rezonings Stand
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What impact have the mayor’s moves had on East New York, Downtown Far Rockaway, East Harlem, Jerome Avenue and Inwood?
COVID-19
Protests in Brooklyn and Across Nation in Face of Eviction Wave
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According to a recent National Low Income Housing Coalition report, from 30 to 40 million renters could be at risk of eviction, including a million in New York.
Mapping the Future
Debate in Gowanus About Whether to Pause or Push Rezoning
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The last de Blasio rezoning is moving into a public review, where the pros and cons of virtual engagement will be on display.
Mapping the Future
Another Court Win for City Hall Against Critics of Development Schemes
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An appeals court on Thursday sided with the de Blasio administration in one element of a tangled legal dispute over a proposed development in the Two Bridges neighborhood.
Mapping the Future
Inwood Groups Want State’s Highest Court to Hear Rezoning Dispute
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The suit raises questions not just about one rezoning but also about the balance of power in New York over land-use policy.
Mapping the Future
Which Neighborhoods Could Be Hit Hardest By City Lien Sales?
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State and local lawmakers have called on the mayor to halt a planned September sale of property tax and water fee debt to collectors.
Mapping the Future
City Planning Commission Approves Controversial Industry City Rezoning Plan
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The Commission voted 11 to 1 in favor of the factious rezoning application, which would expand the Sunset Park manufacturing and innovation hub by 1.46 million square feet.