Increased housing supply created under the zoning reforms could bring an estimated 70,000 to 97,000 new riders to the city’s subway, bus and commuter rail lines—bringing an additional $224,188,000 to…
The City Council approved a modified version of the mayor’s sweeping zoning reform plan, City of Yes for Housing Opportunity, with a vote of 31-to-20. Here’s how each lawmaker landed.
“While I supported the majority of the zoning reforms originally proposed, the modifications maintain its key components while accommodating specific neighborhood concerns and, most importantly, the essential principle that housing…
The Council voted to adopt a modified version of the City of Yes plan—one which scales back some of the zoning reforms included in the original, adds affordability incentives, and…
“While revised zoning enables new structures, what other structures can we put in place to ensure that rising developments aren’t accompanied by still-rising rents?”
Starting March 18, residents at Throggs Neck Addition and nearby Randall Avenue-Balcom Avenue will be asked to choose if they want to stay in Section 9, join the new Preservation…
“Its free market approach is an inefficient way to alleviate the affordability crisis. Really doing so would require that the government subsidize or invest more in permanently affordable housing.”
As city lawmakers negotiate a package for the “City of Yes” zoning reforms, a report from the Independent Budget Office highlights the importance of city subsidies in creating deeply affordable…
“We can remove the mystery of whether or not our rights can, and will, be tampered with. We can keep the power over our bodies and our futures where it…
Members of the housing authority’s board approved an agreement Wednesday that brings the razing and rebuilding of the Fulton and Elliott-Chelsea Houses closer to fruition, and kicks off a plan to…
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