‘The de Blasio administration has had the tools at its disposal to produce more deeply affordable housing for New York City’s poorer residents, who are disproportionately black and Latino.’
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.
A video conversation with a top tenant organizer and a leading affordable-housing advocate about what 2019 has in store for New York renters and neighborhoods.
‘Good design and cost-cutting seem to be contradictory goals in part because the conversation about the nation’s housing scarcity problem leaves little room for nuance.’
The city is taking several steps to shore up housing options for aging New Yorkers. The question is whether those moves will offset the displacement pressures many feel.
‘The Bronx Coalition for a Community Vision believes that the city’s plan will cause massive displacement and loss of businesses and jobs in our community. We implore the Council to…
A city analysis of the Jerome Avenue rezoning includes a list of sites and how much affordable housing might be built on each one, but the city says the list…