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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.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Nov 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Rising Rent Burdens and Falling Apartment Numbers Mark the City’s Rent-Control System

Housing advocates are pressing Gov. Cuomo to intervene in this year’s process and freeze rents.

ByJarrett Murphy

ByOndine Jevremov 7Comments

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Nov 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Most Impoverished Rezoning Neighborhood Speaks Out At Hearing

The City Planning Commission listened to passionate testimony regarding the proposed Jerome Avenue rezoning.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Sep 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Mixed Feelings as Board Takes up Mayor’s Jerome Avenue Rezoning Bid

Community Board 4 has in the past expressed support for a rezoning with the right investments, but at a meeting on Monday evening it was clear some members still have…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness Video

Video: Hopes, Fears and Nuance Among Residents of a Rezoned Neighborhood

We got a dozen East New York residents and advocates to talk about life before and after the rezoning. Concerns are clear but optimism remains.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew

ByMarc Bussanich 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Data: Deep Housing Risks in Neighborhoods Facing Rezonings

A new chart shows the kind of factors that can undermine a neighborhood’s affordability, and many of the neighborhoods facing a rezoning already suffer the most risks.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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May 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Details Emerge—and Doubts Remain—About Potential Inwood Rezoning

The de Blasio administration embraced a key demand of community stakeholders: that parts of the area be rezoned to protect the current context. But worries remains about what’s planned for…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2017

Opinion

CityViews: Brownfield Redevelopment Must Include More Affordable Housing

The current brownfield cleanup program does not allocate enough units for low-income housing.

ByRoss Hoffman 1Comment

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Apr 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Growth Fears Fuel Effort to Protect Chinatown. Now, Where Exactly is Chinatown?

Local representatives are beginning the long-awaited move to define just what area of lower Manhattan might be covered by a “Chinatown” rezoning that the de Blasio administration has said it…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Mar 2017

Housing and Homelessness