Affordable Housing
Council Approves Inwood Rezoning Amid Protest
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Bitterly opposed by many neighborhood residents, the rezoning passed the Council with a single no vote.
Affordable Housing
A Toolkit to Fight Displacement in NYC Neighborhoods, Other U.S. Cities
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Advocates from Buffalo to Brownsville and the LES to LA are voicing concerns about displacement. One local group has compiled a menu of policies to fight it.
Affordable Housing
Pilot Program to Legalize Some Basement Homes Takes Shape in E. New York
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Tenants in illegal basement and cellar apartments typically have no lease and limited rights while living in substandard conditions.
Affordable Housing
Bushwick Plan’s Unveiling Nears Amid Tension Over Possible Rezoning
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Two Councilmembers invited neighborhood stakeholders to draft a rezoning plan. But it could encounter the same misgivings that top-down plans have faced.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
First Signs of Progress After Far Rockaway Rezoning
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The city’s announcement of a developer for one site and financing for the first phase of work at another encountered cautious optimism among neighborhood stakeholders.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Don’t Just Fix NYCHA – Reenergize It with Private Resources
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The reality is that, no matter how streamlined its management nor how transparent its spending plans may be, NYCHA just does not have the resources it needs.
Affordable Housing
Affordability Program for Small Buildings Closes Deals, Learns Lessons
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The Landlord Ambassador initiative aims to recruit small- and medium-sized buildings into the city’s preservation programs.
Affordable Housing
CityViews: How Gov. Cuomo Helped My Landlord Raise My Rent
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‘Cuomo faces a stark choice: he can either keep doing the bidding of landlords, or he can finally stand up for tenants, helping us stay in New York, the place we love and call home.’
Affordable Housing
De Blasio Emails Shed Light on how ‘Affordable Housing’ is Packaged for the Press
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The emails show a developer scripting quotes from a grateful new tenant; a mayoral aide transforming a corporate press release into a governmental statement; and a lack of support from affordable housing advocates who once strongly backed a Brooklyn megaproject.
Affordable Housing
Housing Supply Growing, But Getting Outpaced by Population’s Swell, Jobs Boom
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Why are rents climbing even as the number of housing units soars?