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City Largely Stands Pat on NYCHA Funding in 2020 Budget
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The federal settlement is in place. A plan to convert thousands of units to Section 8 is in the works. And for now a long-term budget gap remains unaddressed.
Mapping the Future
The Trees are Gone. The Hill is Leveled. The Building is Coming.
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The question is, if they’re building on steep hillsides now, where will the Bronx’s development boom go next?
affordability
Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.
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Sweeping rent reforms are now law. Exactly how the letter of that legislation translates into reality will depend in large part on how the state’s Division of Homes and Community Renewal publicizes and enforces it.
Report: What NYers Have Left After Housing Costs, Other Essentials
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The full impact of the tension between slow-growing incomes and swelling costs for essentials in the city is most visible when you look at what—if anything—is left over after the bills for life’s necessities are paid.
BRONX BUREAU
Mixed Reactions to Protesters Shutting Down City Planning Meeting
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The Department of City Planning says it will ‘continue to work to create a safe space’ for discussion about a possible rezoning of Southern Boulevard in the Bronx after city officials ordered a community engagement workshop shut down last Thursday evening when protests erupted.
Mapping the Future
De Blasio & Senior Housing: What Was That Promise That He Made?
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The problem isn’t that the mayor isn’t doing what he said in 2018. It’s that he didn’t say much of anything.
Agenda 2019
Sweeping Deal on Rent Regulations Shifts Power to Tenants Across NYS
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Everyone from rent-stabilized renters to rent-controlled tenants to people who live in mobile-home parks would be affected by the reforms, which now await action by Gov. Cuomo.
Bay Street
Bay Street Rezoning Wins Unanimous Committee OK
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All that’s left is a vote by the full City Council, and Mayor de Blasio will have achieved his sixth neighborhood rezoning.
Albany
Tenant Groups Launch Last-Minute Salvo Against MCIs
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Are Major Capital Improvements a major factor in keeping New York City’s rent-regulated housing in good shape? Tenant groups say no.
BROOKLYN BUREAU
Rezoning Could Bring 18,000 New Residents to Bushwick
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The city released a draft scope of its proposed rezoning, which is projected to create 5,600 units of housing.