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The recently passed budget shifted capital spending on housing to later years. But some in the housing world think good news from Washington could lead the city to change course.

BySadef Ali Kully 9 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Appeals Court Sides With City Hall in Dispute Over Inwood Rezoning

The decision paves the way for the restoration of the 2018 rezoning of the Manhattan neighborhood, which a lower court had annulled last year.

BySadef Ali Kully 11 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

Fearing Evictions, Tenant Groups Push Rent Cancellation, New Housing Voucher

Landlords support the voucher but warn a rent cancellation could hobble New York’s economic recovery.

BySadef Ali Kully 9 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Restart of City’s ULURP Process Could Save De Blasio’s Last Rezoning

Online City Planning Commission meetings and hearings will begin in August, in time to move ahead with a plan to rezone Gowanus.

BySadef Ali Kully 7 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

COVID-19 Hit Hard in Areas With Deep Housing Violations: Report

Housing code violations, rent burdens and mortgage vulnerability were high in some of the areas that saw high coronavirus death rates.

BySadef Ali Kully 8 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Officials, Housing Advocates Call for Better Tenant Protections as COVID Crisis Drags On

A pair of bills, recently introduced the State Senate, would extend the state’s current eviction moratorium until a year after the pandemic emergency ends, and provide rental assistance vouchers for…

BySadef Ali Kully 8 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Residents Harbor Deep Misgivings About Mayor’s Plan to Save NYCHA

A survey shows stiff opposition to plans for developing NYCHA land or converting buildings to private management.

BySadef Ali Kully 16 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

10 Weeks After COVID Shut it Down, There’s a Push to Restart City’s Land-Use Review Process

The city’s land-use review process, which was shut down in the spring in the face of the pandemic, needs a quick restart, a Council leader says—quicker than the one the…

BySadef Ali Kully 7 minRead time

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Jul 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council Softens but Doesn’t Stop Hit to Housing Budget

The final fiscal 2021 spending plan staved off cuts to smaller housing programs, but retained a shift of roughly a billion dollars in capital spending on the mayor’s affordability plan.

BySadef Ali Kully 11 minRead time

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Jun 2020

Housing and Homelessness