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    Inwood Rezoning Can Move Forward, State’s Highest Court Rules

    The New York Court of Appeals declined to hear an Inwood community group’s appeal to a July court decision, which reversed an earlier ruling that would have annulled the controversial rezoning plan.

  • City Details Affordable Housing, Remediation Plans for Gowanus Green Site
  • City Council Delays Flushing Waterfront Project Vote, As Lawmakers Raise Concerns
  • New Law, Prompted by Bronx Boy’s Death, Sets Deadline for Landlord Repairs
  • Opinion: Ping-Pong is a Competitive Sport, Not a Way to Treat the Unhomed
  • Opinion: NYC Must Do More to Reverse Racial Segregation, Starting With Housing
  • City’s Move to Bolster Resilient Buildings is a Big Deal—and a First Step

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 Must Reads

  • A Look at Rent Strikes in NYC, As Housing Relief Legislation Lags

    Although there’s no clear data tracking the number of rent strikes taking place across the city, the advocacy coalition Housing Justice for All says they’ve become more common during the COVID-19 crisis.

    By Sadef Ali Kully
  • El plan de rezonificación de la ribera de Flushing pasa a la votación del concejo de la ciudad

    Todo el concejo de la ciudad debe votar sobre la solicitud de rezonificación privada del proyecto en Queens, lo que crearía un distrito especial de 29 acres con nueve nuevos edificios, incluyendo 1.725 apartamentos y otras instalaciones.

    By Sadef Ali Kully
  • The Check In: What’s Next for the Flushing Waterfront Rezoning

    Managing editor Jeanmarie Evelly talks with housing and development reporter Sadef Kully about the Flushing waterfront rezoning, where developers want to create a 29-acre waterfront special district with 1,725 apartments and other facilities.

    By Jeanmarie Evelly
  • Flushing Waterfront Rezoning Plan Moves to City Council Vote, Despite Local Dissent

    The entire City Council is due to vote on the private rezoning application for the Queens project, which would create a 29-acre waterfront special district with nine new buildings, including 1,725 apartments and other facilities.

    By Sadef Ali Kully
  • A Look at the City’s ‘Blueprint’ Plan to Address Decades of Housing Inequities

    The “Where We Live” report, released by HPD, outlines the city’s five-year commitments to create more equitable housing and capital investments to further its Fair Housing goals.

    By Sadef Ali Kully
  • More Than Long Lines: Barriers Homeless NYers Face When Voting

    Advocacy groups are dispensing information, answering questions and offering rides to help unhoused New Yorkers exercise their rights.

    By Roshan Abraham
  • Opinion: It’s Time to Fix the City’s Rental Assistance Vouchers

    'At current payment levels, the CityFHEPS voucher falls close to $500 below fair market rent, leaving thousands of voucher holders competing with each other for the one or two units available on the market at that price range.'

    By Shawntel Williams
  • SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Could Bring Less Than 1,000 Affordable Units

    The rezoning could lead to a total increase of an estimated 3,200 housing units, including 600 to 900 affordable units, plus an additional 3,181 residents over a 10-year period, according to a key document released this week.

    By Sadef Ali Kully
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Mapping the Future: Opinion

  • Opinion: NYC Faces a Hunger and Homelessness Crisis. Here’s How to Help.

    ‘I know hunger is not new. But over the last six months in the New York City metro area it has become worse and there are easy ways that those of us with more than we need can move from awareness to action.’

    By Josiah Haken
  • Opinion: City’s Move to Vacate UWS Hotel Shelter is Adding ‘Trauma on Top of Trauma,’ Resident Says

    'After hearing that I would be kicked out of the Lucerne, I felt traumatized – dehumanized at the thought of being moved from shelter to shelter like a pawn on a chessboard during a global pandemic.'

    By Shams DaBaron
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    Opinion: Senate Housing Chair Must Help ‘Cancel Rent’

    'Tenants are accruing debt that they will not be able to repay. The latest CDC guidance is not comprehensive or long enough and we need state leaders to act.'

    By Sasha Wijeyeratne, Ava Farkas, Steve Herrick, Honda Wang and XingJian Li
  • Opinion: The Truth About Homeless Hotels and the Upper West Side

    'I’m appalled at how homeless advocates have lost sight of the needs of this vulnerable population and have turned against a community that spoke out against human suffering.'

    By Robert Mascali
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    Opinion: SoHo/NoHo Zoning Debate is Over Builders’ Windfall, Not Affordable Housing

    'When business groups engineered the recent SoHo/NoHo 're-envisioning' process, many neighbors pushed back, aware of this administration’s miserable track record on developer-driven, community-unfriendly rezonings.'

    By Andrew Berman

Homelessness

  • NYC Has a Family Homelessness Crisis. Who are the Families?
  • Mayor Offers More Homeless Outreach, But Advocates Want More Beds
  • Chris Quinn to Anti-Shelter Protesters: ‘Why Do You Hate Homeless Children?’
  • Data Drop: Which NYC Neighborhoods Host the Most Homeless-Shelter Beds?

Public Housing

  • Should the City’s Housing Plan Make NYCHA its Centerpiece?
  • Rent Calculation Problems Dog Many NYCHA Tenants
  • Hundreds of NYCHA Evictions Raise Questions About Process
  • What is RAD, and What Does it Mean for the Future of NYCHA?

Homeownership

  • Call for City to Take Aggressive Steps on Affordable Homeownership
  • NYC Homeowners Face Huge Unknowns as Flood Insurance Changes Loom
  • Budget Could Boost City’s Nascent Community Land Trust Movement
  • On City Streets and in Wild Landscapes, the Fight for America’s Soul in 2020 is About Land

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