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The COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act would create a hardship declaration form that tenants can fill out and submit to their landlords, or to housing court, if they’ve…

BySadef Ali Kully 5 minRead time

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Dec 2020

Comprehensive Planning Bill Raises Key Questions for Mayoral Hopefuls

Housing advocacy groups and some elected officials have been pushing for years for the city to adopt a comprehensive plan, and an earlier effort to do so was abandoned during…

BySadef Ali Kully

ByJarrett Murphy 18 minRead time

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Dec 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness News

For City’s Public Meetings, Shift to Virtual Format Has Meant Attendance Boost—& Complications

The shift to remote-only civic meetings during the pandemic is impacting how communities get to weigh in on important city proposals, like rezonings. It’s led to more people attending —…

BySadef Ali Kully 15 minRead time

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Dec 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

City Council OKs Rezoning for Controversial Flushing Waterfront Development

Just five councilmembers voted against the land use application for the project, which has drawn the ire of critics who say it doesn’t include nearly enough affordable housing.

BySadef Ali Kully 6 minRead time

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Dec 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Number of Single Adults in City’s Homeless Shelters Hits Record High

According to data from the Coalition for the Homeless unveiled Wednesday, there were an estimated 21,210 single homeless men and women in the city’s homeless system in October, a record…

BySadef Ali Kully 4 minRead time

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Dec 2020

Uncategorized

City Says New Stormwater Rule Will Help Alleviate Sewage Overflow into Gowanus Canal

Sewer capacity is a vital concern for residents and stakeholders in Gowanus, where the city is proposing a neighborhood rezoning. The new rule helps but doesn’t go far enough, some…

BySadef Ali Kully 7 minRead time

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Dec 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

What’s Ahead for New York City Housing in 2021

Next year will mark a critical time for New York land use and housing policies, as the city faces a looming evictions crisis and the de Blasio administration will push…

BySadef Ali Kully 14 minRead time

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Inwood Rezoning Can Move Forward, State’s Highest Court Rules

The New York Court of Appeals declined to hear an Inwood community group’s appeal to a July court decision, which reversed an earlier ruling that would have annulled the controversial…

BySadef Ali Kully 11 minRead time

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness

City Details Affordable Housing, Remediation Plans for Gowanus Green Site

Officials are planning six buildings of all affordable housing at the contaminated city-owned site, as well as a park and a public school.

BySadef Ali Kully 11 minRead time

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness

City Council Delays Flushing Waterfront Project Vote, As Lawmakers Raise Concerns

The Council pushed back a vote on the controversial proposal to Dec. 7, after a dozen councilmembers signed onto a letter raising concerns over the project’s lack of commitments to…

BySadef Ali Kully 4 minRead time

Sadef Ali Kully

NY Lawmakers to Pass Bill to Halt Pandemic-Related Evictions Through May

Comprehensive Planning Bill Raises Key Questions for Mayoral Hopefuls

For City’s Public Meetings, Shift to Virtual Format Has Meant Attendance Boost—& Complications

City Council OKs Rezoning for Controversial Flushing Waterfront Development

Number of Single Adults in City’s Homeless Shelters Hits Record High

City Says New Stormwater Rule Will Help Alleviate Sewage Overflow into Gowanus Canal

What’s Ahead for New York City Housing in 2021

Inwood Rezoning Can Move Forward, State’s Highest Court Rules

City Details Affordable Housing, Remediation Plans for Gowanus Green Site

City Council Delays Flushing Waterfront Project Vote, As Lawmakers Raise Concerns

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