With 62,000 units already effectively moving off the authority’s books under NYCHA 2.0, this new ‘Blueprint for Change’ addresses NYCHA’s other 110,000 apartments—which together need a $25 billion repair job.
Development
Appeals Court Sides With City Hall in Dispute Over Inwood Rezoning
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The decision paves the way for the restoration of the 2018 rezoning of the Manhattan neighborhood, which a lower court had annulled last year.
Health and Environment
Hotel-Turned-Shelter for Released Rikers Detainees Faces Backlash in Fresh Meadows
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Chinese residents and businesses in the neighborhood collected more than 10,000 signatures on a petition against the arrangement, arguing the city should have notified the community of the plan.
Albany
Fearing Evictions, Tenant Groups Push Rent Cancellation, New Housing Voucher
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Landlords support the voucher but warn a rent cancellation could hobble New York’s economic recovery.
City Planning Commission
Restart of City’s ULURP Process Could Save De Blasio’s Last Rezoning
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Online City Planning Commission meetings and hearings will begin in August, in time to move ahead with a plan to rezone Gowanus.
Affordable Housing
COVID-19 Hit Hard in Areas With Deep Housing Violations: Report
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Housing code violations, rent burdens and mortgage vulnerability were high in some of the areas that saw high coronavirus death rates.
A Family Affair: Parents, Children and NYC's Homelessness Crisis
Why You Aren’t Homeless: How Privilege & Fortune Shape the Shelter Census
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Sure, choices matter. But race, gender, wealth, health and identity play an outsized role in exposing New Yorkers to the risk of homelessness.
Housing and Development
Officials, Housing Advocates Call for Better Tenant Protections as COVID Crisis Drags On
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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 homeless families or those facing the loss of housing because of COVID-19.
Budget
Opponents of New Jail Celebrate Budget Postponement
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For the city’s borough-based jail plan, this is a temporary halt, not a permanent rest. And for the community members fighting the plan, there’s still a long way to go.
Development
Residents Harbor Deep Misgivings About Mayor’s Plan to Save NYCHA
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A survey shows stiff opposition to plans for developing NYCHA land or converting buildings to private management.
City on the Edge: Climate Change and New York
Progress and Delays in Putting Milestone Emissions Law into Action
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Fourteen months after the city passed a strict new standard for building emissions and less than four years before the restrictions go into effect, there has been progress and delays in creating a mechanism for landlords to comply.