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De Blasio Admin’s Senior Housing Production Scrutinized
Over six years in office, the mayor has created 3,800 senior housing units and financed another 4,700 en route to a goal of 15,000 apartments that advocates say falls short of need.
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The Neighborhoods
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What is Zoning?
Check out the Department of City Planning’s new online Zoning Resolution. Zoning is a set of laws that govern how large buildings can be, how they are built and what they are used for.
Read more >ULURP Explained
The Uniform Land Use Review Procedure (ULURP) is a standardized procedure whereby applications affecting the land use of the city are publicly reviewed.
Read more >Affordable Housing 101
For decades, government at all levels has taken steps that made housing more affordable to some residents. It uses a number of tools to do so.
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Opinions
Opinion: If Council Passes Homeless Set-Aside Law, De Blasio Should Veto It
By Rafael Cestero
Books: When Gentrification Came to Greenpoint
By Matthew Schuerman
Opinion: City Has Gone from Allowing ‘Poor Doors’ to Permitting ‘Poor Buildings’
By Shelby Welinder
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