City Council
Council Could Force the City to Study the Racial Impact of Rezonings
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‘The legislation is about actual displacement of longtime residents that’s been compounded by rezonings that government has allowed.’
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Tensions Rise Amid Uncertain Timeline for Public Review of Bushwick Rezoning
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The city says its environmental review is coming, but won’t say exactly when. A community board is demanding a meeting with City Planning, and an activist group is hounding two Councilmembers.
co-living
In Private Projects and City’s Housing Plan, Co-Living Spaces Claim a Bigger Place
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Co-living is picking up steam in the private sector as the de Blasio works to make a shared-living pilot program part of its affordable housing initiative.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Gowanus Groups Pressing for Specifics as Rezoning Review Nears
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As large real-estate deals continue to close, neighborhood stakeholders have raised some unresolved concerns.
BRONX BUREAU
La salud pública es el enfoque del grupo de trabajo en la rezonificación de la avenida Jerome
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Los residentes del Bronx tuvieron la oportunidad de compartir sus opiniones sobre las preocupaciones que deben abordarse para mejorar la salud general de los miembros de su comunidad.
BRONX BUREAU
Public Health is Task Force Focus in Wake of Jerome Avenue Rezoning
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The Jerome Avenue rezoning deal included the formation of a task force on local health issues. The public has been identifying its top concerns, some of which relate to the very development the rezoning is bringing.
Mapping the Future
Evictions are Down But Reining in NYC’s ‘Worst Evictors’ is Still on Advocates’ Agenda
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The witness spoke through a Spanish interpreter. The defendant was a management company. The crime: a major capital improvement (MCI) at a rent-stabilized building in the Bronx.
Affordable Housing
Housing Advocates Plan Another Aggressive Push in Albany
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After a landmark series of wins in 2019, groups advocating for low-income tenants and the homeless are looking to tighten rent-regulations further and create new paths from shelters to homes.
GOVERNMENT
City Council Eyes Ambitious Set of Housing Bills Before Year’s End
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This year, the City Council’s focus will be on a range of bills aimed at eradicating lead poisoning and addressing the needs of the city’s homeless population, among other housing and land-use concerns.
Report: City’s Housing Plan Goes Deep, But Not Deep Enough
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Housing units for extremely low- income households are not being preserved or created in line with the level of need in the city, the report from ANHD found.