Sadef Ali Kully, Author at City Limits

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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…

BySadef Ali Kully 14 minRead time

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Nov 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Evictions are Down But Reining in NYC’s ‘Worst Evictors’ is Still on Advocates’ Agenda

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.

BySadef Ali Kully 13 minRead time

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Oct 2019

Government Housing and Homelessness

Housing Advocates Plan Another Aggressive Push in Albany

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.

BySadef Ali Kully 12 minRead time

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Oct 2019

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

City Council Eyes Ambitious Set of Housing Bills Before Year’s End

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…

BySadef Ali Kully 7 minRead time

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Oct 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Report: City’s Housing Plan Goes Deep, But Not Deep Enough

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.

BySadef Ali Kully 7 minRead time

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Oct 2019

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Council Bill on Commercial Leases in Limbo as Evidence of Vacancy Problem Grows

Speaker Johnson’s office says the Council is working to tweak the decades-old Small Business Jobs Survival Act. But advocates are frustrated and fear ‘a completely different watered down version’ of…

BySadef Ali Kully 12 minRead time

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Oct 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Friction Over Sunset Park Proposal Reflects Deeper Worries About Industrial Land

A key sticking point in the debate over the proposal is the proposed new treatment of land that had been zoned for heavy industrial uses. That’s a concern in other…

BySadef Ali Kully 31 minRead time

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Sep 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants Wanted City to Take Keys to Fire-Scarred Building

Tenants of a rent-stabilized building testified in Brooklyn housing court after filing a lawsuit against their landlord and the city’s housing department over what they allege were a lack of…

BySadef Ali Kully 7 minRead time

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Sep 2019

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

‘Better Than Nothing’ Won’t Cut it for Critics of Brooklyn Housing Development

A new building that will generate funds to support Brooklyn Bridge Park could have been all luxury rentals, but instead will set aside a majority of its apartments for specific…

BySadef Ali Kully 9 minRead time

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Sep 2019

Housing and Homelessness