The de Blasio administration defended its housing lottery system against claims of opacity and unfairness.
HEALTH and ENVIRONMENT
Planners Looking 25 Years Ahead Say NYC’s Climate and Transit Crises are Increasingly Urgent
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There have only been four regional plans. That’s because each plan—years in the making—is intended to shape policy for decades. But authors see growing need for immediate action on climate and transit.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Neighbors Monitoring New Development at Tainted Factory Site
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Some in Greenpoint are reassured by the plans put forward by the developer of the former NuHart and Company vinyl and plastics factory, but other neighbors remain wary.
BRONX BUREAU
Diaz Suggests Landlord Tax Break in Exchange for New Rent Curbs
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Citing a need to address the looming problem of preferential rents without harming landlords who operate as small businesses, the Bronx borough president backs a law to prevent sudden rent spikes in exchange for a discount on property taxes.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
As Other Cities Look to Copy it, a Report on How Right to Counsel is Working in NYC
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San Francisco voters approved a similar program, Los Angeles lawmakers tasked that city’s housing department with developing one, and places like Philly, Newark and the nation’s capital are headed down the same road. But there are lessons to be learned from the Big Apple.
ZoneIn
Lawsuit Cites Flaws in Environmental Review, Seeks Annulment of Inwood Rezoning
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The challenge contends the Inwood rezoning’s environmental impact study missed important factors such as the impact on preferential rent leases, racial displacement, and minority- and women-owned businesses.
Development
Fight Over Land-Use Powers in Council’s Two Bridges Lawsuit
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The suit by the City Council and Manhattan Borough President is one of three possible cases involving the proposed skyscrapers.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Planning Commission OKs Two Bridges Development Plan
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But three members voted no, voicing objections over the plan and the process.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Track the 18 Tenant Protection Bills Now Before the City Council
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The proposals cover everything from buyouts to building-code violations, construction dust to housing-court process servers.
affordability
Comptroller Says Housing Plan is Failing, Calls for More Units for Low-Income NYers
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Stringer’s plan would shift the remaining 85,000 units of new construction under the mayor’s plan to serve very low-income and extremely low-income families.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: The Potential Role for Church Land Amid NYC’s Housing Needs
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‘Not only is it providing a welcome and much-needed solution to the affordable housing crisis, but it’s also directly allowing churches to address the needs of their immediate community.’