The suit by the City Council and Manhattan Borough President is one of three possible cases involving the proposed skyscrapers.
Agenda 2019
Max & Murphy: The City’s Homelessness Crisis and the Mayor’s Housing Plan
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A top homelessness policy advocate and the city’s chief affordable-housing development official discuss the pros and cons of the de Blasio housing plan.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
On the 2019 Housing Agenda: Rent Regs, Rezonings … and Real Affordability?
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A video conversation with a top tenant organizer and a leading affordable-housing advocate about what 2019 has in store for New York renters and neighborhoods.
Agenda 2019
Video: Brooklyn Minister Says What NYCHA Needs Most is City Hall Leadership
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Rev. David Brawley, a leader of Brooklyn NYCHA tenants pressing the mayor for answers, says a lack of trust will hamper many of the initiatives the authority has announced as it tries to save the housing on which 400,000 people depend.
Agenda 2019
From Rent Regs to Rezonings, 2019 Will Feature Key Housing Policy Fights
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The new dynamics of power in Albany, and the timing of key decision-making processes in the city itself, will make next year a pivotal one for affordability in New York.
community Gardens
Q&A: Where Will the City Find New Open Space?
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From community gardens between high-rises to an island in the middle of the harbor to abandoned underground chambers, there’s no shortage of ideas for where a growing city might find room for a little green. The question is whether the political will exists to fund spaces that will be accessible to all.
Agenda 2019
NYC Residents: Tell Us About Your Gas, Electric, Heat or Water Problems
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Have you experienced a utility outage for more than one day since January 1, 2016?
Agenda 2019
Staten Island Rezoning Begins Public Review; 1700 at Risk of Displacement
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The launch of the seven-month public review process starts the clock toward the likely rezoning of 14 blocks along the Bay Street corridor.
BRONX BUREAU
Power Outages Plague Exasperated NYCHA Residents
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The precarious electrical situation at the Jackson Houses, which are home to 2,357 people, has led to chronic power outages that trap people in elevators and send over-heated residents to the hospital, residents say.
City Council
Council Weighs Mandating Developers to Create Housing for the Homeless
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‘We have the opportunity to change the course for homeless New Yorkers and those on the brink of homelessness and we need to act now.’
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market
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Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.