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!
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…
A decline in construction worker deaths is part of a general trend in New York City and state of reduced fatalities at the workplace, where violence is as big a…
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…
