Moves by real estate companies and analyses from city agencies yield a blueprint for where affordable—and not so affordable—units could go in the borough with the city’s lowest rents and…
Myth: Rent-controlled tenants get an unbelievable deal. Reality: They can be hit with huge annual rent increases. That’s why advocates want the shrinking number of rent-controlled apartments added to Albany’s…
After homelessness soared during Bill de Blasio’s first year in office, the city last month saw its biggest drop in the family shelter population in nearly four years. But there’s…
On key rent-regulation issues—vacancy bonuses, preferential rents, individual apartment improvements, major capital improvements—it will remain unclear for a few weeks what the administration’s specific “ask” will be.
In neighborhoods after neighborhood, plans to build shelters or supportive housing attract protests from residents worried about crime, disruption and reduced property values. When the protests end and the facilities…
With a new Assembly speaker in place, rent regulations seem likely to be renewed without significant changes, Rent Stabilization Association head Joseph Strasburg said in an interview.
The Independent Democratic Conference is proposing to restore state support for public housing, fund backlogged capital projects and require market developers to fix NYCHA buildings.
It’s not quite right to say that East New York advocates are opposed to the mayor’s plan to develop the area. It’s not quite right to say that they’re satisfied…
A deal to sell a stake in six buildings to a private developer is already signed and sealed—a major reason it drew sometimes heated questions at a City Council hearing.
On a list of 100 parcels the administration has targeted for affordable housing development, community gardeners say 17 are “active, thriving” open spaces. Updated!
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