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Affordable Housing

Max & Murphy: Nonprofit Developer, Gowanus Advocate & Rezoning Dissenter Michelle de la Uz

Jarrett Murphy | March 19, 2018

Many of the defining policy storylines of today’s New York are, in one or more ways, on the plate of the Fifth Avenue Committee’s executive director, who is also on the City Planning Commission.

Mapping the Future

4 Months After Rezoning, East Harlem Stakeholders Remain Vigilant

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 19, 2018

Some advocates are now focused on the plan’s implementation, some on making it better and others on suing the city.

Affordable Housing

Report: Amid Housing Crisis, NY Must Rethink How Land is Owned

Abigail Savitch-Lew | March 9, 2018

Authors say that the nation’s current housing system fails communities and that political leaders must bring alternative models to scale.

Citywide

New Head of Zoning Subcommittee Stresses Balanced Growth, Deep Affordability

Abigail Savitch-Lew | February 15, 2018

Councilmember Francisco Moya, the new chair of the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, says his land use priorities are rooted in his Queens upbringing.

Development

The Big Empty: Stringer & City Argue Over Math of Vacant Lots

Greis Torres | February 13, 2018

The comptroller says tens of thousands of units of affordable housing could be built on land the city controls. But HPD says that’s a hollow argument.

Community Boards

Panel: City’s Community Planning Process in Need of Major Overhaul

Abigail Savitch-Lew | February 2, 2018

A report, produced by over 40 organizations, elaborates on critiques of the de Blasio administration’s neighborhood rezoning efforts and proposes a set of citywide reforms.

CEQR

Read Legal Aid’s Lawsuit To Stop East Harlem Rezoning

Abigail Savitch-Lew | January 19, 2018

The lawsuit alleges that the city has failed to properly assess the potential for displacement.

ANHD

Which Neighborhood Facing Rezoning Faces Steepest Displacement Risks?

Abigail Savitch-Lew | January 11, 2018

Among the rezoning neighborhoods, Inwood was particularly at risk in several categories, according to a new set of metrics.

affordability

The NYC Community Land Trust Movement Wants to Go Big

Abigail Savitch-Lew | January 8, 2018

Large and small organizations have envisioned ways that, with the right resources and city policies, the city’s nascent community land trusts could come to encompass thousands of apartments.

Bay Street

A New Year’s Update on the de Blasio Rezonings

Abigail Savitch-Lew | December 28, 2017

We start 2018 with three rezonings approved and many more in the pipeline at various stages.

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