2021 election
What to Ask Mayoral Candidates Who Say They Can Solve NYC’s Housing Crisis
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Thirteen questions for the candidates, to separate meaty plans from mere paperwork.
The Max & Murphy Show
Scott Stringer: Every Community Must Help With NYC Housing Crisis
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The comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate also discussed his promise for more frequent, round-the-clock transit service, his climate plan, policing and the state of the primary contest.
Lower East Side
Lawsuits Seeking to Stop Two Bridges Development Overturned in Appellate Court
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A panel of appellate judges on Tuesday reversed an earlier injunction halting the contentious Two Bridges project — a major setback for Lower East Side community groups, which have been waging a legal battle against the city and developers.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: Five Myths About the Gowanus Rezoning
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‘The city, public officials, and developers have all built an increasingly fevered false sense of urgency that shows just how desperate they are to ram through the rezoning while the public is sidelined by the pandemic, economic crisis, and weak sauce virtual hearings.’
housing
De Blasio Housing Plan Created More Affordable Units, But Left Out City’s Most Vulnerable: Report
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‘We did have a major emphasis on affordable housing, and a great deal of spending on it,’ during the de Blasio administration, says Samuel Stein, the report’s author and housing policy analyst for CSS. ‘And yet the problems have persisted.’
Election 2021
The Policy Shop: Sex Work, Social Housing and 15-Minute Neighborhoods
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It’s snowing outside, but it’s been raining policy in New York’s 2021 campaigns. Here’s the first installment of a series breaking down some of the big ideas.
Development
City Looks to Appeal Decision Halting Two Bridges Towers — Again
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The city’s Law Department argued their second appeal in court Wednesday against two lawsuits which resulted in an earlier injunction stopping the project, which would build four new skyscrapers on the Lower East Side.
nyc real estate
Opinion: Any Plan to Convert Empty Offices to Housing Must Center Inclusivity, Affordability
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‘It’s clear that New York City is going to face changes in how—and where—people live and work. However, any program to convert empty office spaces and hotels to housing must be considered from both sides.’
Affordable Housing
Opinion: In Defense of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
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‘Lynn Ellsworth’s Dec. 23 opinion essay (“It’s Time to End Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. Here Are Some Alternatives”) mistakenly calls the Mandatory program (MIH) a failure but does so based on both faulty data and a faulty analysis.’
Affordable Housing
Opinion: It’s Time to End Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. Here Are Some Alternatives
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‘The fact is that MIH is just bad policy. In New York City’s housing market, it mostly enriches developers and real estate speculators while inflicting real harm to the neighborhoods it’s supposed to help.’