They say the reductions will exacerbate the housing crisis and worsen inequality—and not help the city close its budget gap.
Brad Lander
COVID-19 Prompts New Concerns About the Gowanus Rezoning
|
However, with the city’s Department of City Planning temporarily shuttered due to the crisis and Mayor de Blasio’s emergency order, local elected officials are concerned that the Gowanus rezoning will not move forward in any form.
Coronavirus
COVID-19 at the Mitchel Houses: Communication Issues, Cleaning Delays and a Farewell to Mr. Mercado
|
Cleaning is now being done in earnest, residents say, but delays in basic maintenance have been the norm for years.
Coronavirus
Housing Worry for Laborers as New York’s Farms Slip Deeper into Trouble
|
Undocumented migrant farm workers are facing evictions as farms in upstate New York encounter financial losses, according to farm worker advocacy groups.
Housing and Development
New Version of Cuomo’s Evictions Ban Seen as Weaker
|
Did the governor’s new moratorium put ‘tens of thousands of New Yorkers’ at risk of being booted out of their homes?
Homepage Featured
Rent Board’s Subtle Move Revives ‘Vacancy Bonus’
|
A one-word change in a preliminary document could lead to a court fight over what the 2019 rent law really said.
Housing and Development
City’s Basement Apartment Program Buried by COVID-19 Budget Cuts
|
The program aimed to test ways to legalize basement apartments as a way to create new, sanctioned affordable housing units for tenants and help the moderate-income homeowners who might rent some of the spaces out.
Homepage Featured
Rent Freeze Moves Forward: Watch The Key Rent Guidelines Board Vote
|
The board voted to authorize a rent freeze on one-year leases and the first year of two-year leases, with the second year on those leases capped at 1 percent.
Housing and Development
Demands for Deeper NYC Homeless Aid Despite Budget Tightening
|
As formal budget negotiations get under way homeless advocates have outlined a series of long-term priorities and acute coronavirus-related needs they say the city must fund.
Affordable Housing
Audio: Call for NYC to Retool its Housing Strategy After COVID-19
|
De Blasio’s executive budget proposes large shifts in capital funding for his 300,000-unit housing plan—essentially backloading hundreds of millions in capital expenditures to future years, most of which fall beyond his term.
Coronavirus
Confusion Over COVID-19 Mortgage Relief Programs
|
Worried homeowners endure long wait times when trying to access federal and state resources to avoid foreclosure. Then they learn the limits of those programs.