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City Largely Stands Pat on NYCHA Funding in 2020 Budget
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The federal settlement is in place. A plan to convert thousands of units to Section 8 is in the works. And for now a long-term budget gap remains unaddressed.
CCRB
Panel OKs Question on Cops Who Lie, Avoids Major Land-Use Changes
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In a dramatic reversal, the Charter Revision Commission approved a proposal to allow the CCRB to go after cops who make false statements during investigations of police misconduct. But it rejected comprehensive planning.
affordability
Passing Rent Reform Was One Thing. Now it Has to be Enforced.
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Sweeping rent reforms are now law. Exactly how the letter of that legislation translates into reality will depend in large part on how the state’s Division of Homes and Community Renewal publicizes and enforces it.
Report: What NYers Have Left After Housing Costs, Other Essentials
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The full impact of the tension between slow-growing incomes and swelling costs for essentials in the city is most visible when you look at what—if anything—is left over after the bills for life’s necessities are paid.
BRONX BUREAU
Mixed Reactions to Protesters Shutting Down City Planning Meeting
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The Department of City Planning says it will ‘continue to work to create a safe space’ for discussion about a possible rezoning of Southern Boulevard in the Bronx after city officials ordered a community engagement workshop shut down last Thursday evening when protests erupted.
Mapping the Future
De Blasio & Senior Housing: What Was That Promise That He Made?
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The problem isn’t that the mayor isn’t doing what he said in 2018. It’s that he didn’t say much of anything.
Charter Revision
City Panel Has Eye on Tweaking the Way NYC Plans for its Future
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The city’s Charter Revision Commission meets Tuesday to consider another batch of potential questions for the November ballot—including a measure related to how the city does its land-use planning.
Agenda 2019
Sweeping Deal on Rent Regulations Shifts Power to Tenants Across NYS
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Everyone from rent-stabilized renters to rent-controlled tenants to people who live in mobile-home parks would be affected by the reforms, which now await action by Gov. Cuomo.
Bay Street
Bay Street Rezoning Wins Unanimous Committee OK
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All that’s left is a vote by the full City Council, and Mayor de Blasio will have achieved his sixth neighborhood rezoning.
Albany
Tenant Groups Launch Last-Minute Salvo Against MCIs
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Are Major Capital Improvements a major factor in keeping New York City’s rent-regulated housing in good shape? Tenant groups say no.