Before we argue about how many units the mayor gets credit for in 2014 or how many apartments his plan sets aside for the very poor or the middle class,…
New shops and residents, rising rents and anxiety. The story is familiar in today’s New York, but in Hamilton Heights, it’s unclear if general real-estate trends or the Columbia University…
Responding to criticism, the housing authority’s chairperson says the administration is trying to reverse decades of neglect—of its buildings and its relationship with tenants.
The mayor came to office with assurances he would fix the housing authority and hasten the repair of dangerous conditions. According to this writer, one year later, little seems to…
More petitions were filed in Bronx Housing Court than in any other borough in 2013 — more than 33 percent of the 248,732 filed citywide, though Bronx residents make up…
Tenants who fail to save their homes in Bronx Housing Court often end up in shelters, to which the borough contributes more people than any other. As borough aims to…
The Bronx is the most affordable borough in the city, but its low-income families also have the hardest time affording the rents they’re charged—which are rising. Bronx Housing Court sees…
Reforms of housing court have done little to change the way business is done there: Via deals negotiated by landlord lawyers in the hallway with tenants who rarely get the…
Add another issue to the debate over renewing rent regulations: Current law allows landlords who’ve charged lower than legal rent to suddenly hike the monthly charge to the maximum level,…
Councilman Jumaane Williams
Just last week, Mayor de Blasio said the city had in his first year of office financed 17,300 units of affordable housing toward his goal of preserving or…
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