The de Blasio administration’s intention to rezone parts of East New York and a corridor along Jerome Avenue have generated a lot of heat. A quieter discussion is taking place…
The Picture the Homeless Plan revolves around using aggressive enforcement tools and a community land trust to bring unused or overpriced units back into the pool of affordable housing, and…
Homeless people who age out of the shelters that serve teenagers face a difficult choice: enter the adult system in order to access the programs operated there’, or stay on…
The notion of developing new apartments on NYCHA land has divided allies in the fight to save public housing in New York. That polite but passionate disagreement was on display…
The report, whose authors support one of Mayor de Blasio’s citywide zoning proposals, estimates the actual number is twice as high and finds that the average wait-time is seven years.
Will neighborhoods accept the mayor’s housing and rezoning plans? Conversations about AMI, FAR, 421-a and other policy particulars will be important. But the mayor must also confront a larger distrust…
Testifying about a controversial rezoning proposal, the HPD commissioner rejected the idea that city-subsidized apartments would charge rents out of step with prevailing rents or average incomes in the Brooklyn…
