Development
Fight Over Land-Use Powers in Council’s Two Bridges Lawsuit
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The suit by the City Council and Manhattan Borough President is one of three possible cases involving the proposed skyscrapers.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Planning Commission OKs Two Bridges Development Plan
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But three members voted no, voicing objections over the plan and the process.
amazon
What Happened When Seattle Tried to Tax Amazon
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Earlier this year, Seattle’s nine-member City Council voted unanimously to tax Amazon to help fund a response to the city’s housing crisis. Then, it voted 7-2 to repeal it. What changed so many minds?
affordability
Comptroller Says Housing Plan is Failing, Calls for More Units for Low-Income NYers
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Stringer’s plan would shift the remaining 85,000 units of new construction under the mayor’s plan to serve very low-income and extremely low-income families.
Agenda 2019
NYC Residents: Tell Us About Your Gas, Electric, Heat or Water Problems
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Have you experienced a utility outage for more than one day since January 1, 2016?
Agenda 2019
Staten Island Rezoning Begins Public Review; 1700 at Risk of Displacement
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The launch of the seven-month public review process starts the clock toward the likely rezoning of 14 blocks along the Bay Street corridor.
City Council
Council Weighs Mandating Developers to Create Housing for the Homeless
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‘We have the opportunity to change the course for homeless New Yorkers and those on the brink of homelessness and we need to act now.’
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market
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Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.
Development
First Meeting on Future of Sunnyside Yards Finds Some Wary of Overdevelopment
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‘It’s an exercise in dreaming big,’ Carl Rodrigues, a senior policy adviser to Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen, told attendees.
apartments
Report: ‘Bad Landlords’ are Few in Number but Destructive in Impact
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According to research out today from the Regional Plan Association, what amounts to a handful of bad landlords is responsible for a vast amount of the city’s poor housing and eviction cases.