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The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA), which would give some tenants and community groups pathways to bid early on certain buildings that go up for sale, finally has support…

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Sep 2026

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

City Council Approves Mamdani’s Nominee for Key Housing Post, Despite ‘Reservations’

Lawmakers approved John Mangin to chair the Board of Standards and Appeals, following a tense nomination hearing where some criticized him as dismissive to local residents’ concerns about new development.

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Sep 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics Profiles

Can NYC Have A Right To Housing?

“It’s not a how-to guide, but hopefully by the end of it, people will walk away feeling like they know what they’re up against, and they’re ready to keep fighting,”…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Sep 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

At Nerve-Wracking Auction, Tenants Ditch ‘Negligent’ Landlord for A Chance to Own

Tenants at three Crown Heights buildings sat through a nervy auction where their rent-stabilized apartments were up for sale. Their preferred buyer, a small-town New Jersey mayor, promised to preserve…

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Sep 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Mamdani’s Zoning Appointee Faces Testy Nomination Hearing

The nomination of city planning official John Mangin, who championed zoning reform and housing supply efforts, reignited debates about NIMBYs, YIMBYs, and community input in land use decisions.

ByPatrick Spauster 1Comment

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Aug 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: New York Can Build More Housing Without Shutting Community Out

“Planning cannot be something government does to communities instead of with them. Local residents carry valuable knowledge that can’t be matched by planners sitting in a central office.”

ByShekar Krishnan 5Comments

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Aug 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development NYCHA Politics

Albany Progressives Push ‘State of Yes’ Zoning Reforms, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

A group of state lawmakers and advocates are rallying around a slate of 32 bills aimed at addressing New York’s housing shortage, including legislation that would require local towns and…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Aug 2026

Climate and Environment Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Don’t Let History Repeat Itself for NYC’s Basement Apartments

“The flooding crisis and the housing crisis are intertwined, trapping thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers. Experts estimate that tens of thousands of low-income tenants live in illegal basement apartments, which…

ByWill Duhl 0Comments

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Aug 2026

Government Health Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Why Disability Access Must Be Central To NYC’s Housing Strategy

“People with disabilities deserve the same opportunity as everyone else to choose where they live, build relationships, participate in their communities, and remain connected to the places they call home…

ByJoseph M. Pancari 2Comments

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Aug 2026

Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Politics Resources

Meet CHAP, NYC’s New Rental Voucher, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

The new City Housing Assistance Program, or CHAP, will serve people living in shelters and people in rent stabilized apartments facing eviction, starting as early as March 2027.

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

Is It Finally COPA’s Year?

City Council Approves Mamdani’s Nominee for Key Housing Post, Despite ‘Reservations’

Can NYC Have A Right To Housing?

At Nerve-Wracking Auction, Tenants Ditch ‘Negligent’ Landlord for A Chance to Own

Mamdani’s Zoning Appointee Faces Testy Nomination Hearing

Opinion: New York Can Build More Housing Without Shutting Community Out

Opinion: Don’t Let History Repeat Itself for NYC’s Basement Apartments

Opinion: Why Disability Access Must Be Central To NYC’s Housing Strategy

Meet CHAP, NYC’s New Rental Voucher, And What Else Happened This Week in Housing

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