city rezonings
Eric Adams Backs Gowanus Rezoning Plan, With NYCHA Funding Conditions
David Brand |
‘Buildings cannot go up around NYCHA developments while residents see their futures go down,’ Adams said outside the Gowanus Houses Friday.
Housing and Homelessness
NYC2036? How the 2012 Olympics Bid Reshaped New York City
David Brand |
A look at how New York’s failed efforts to host the world’s biggest sporting event succeeded in reshaping huge swaths of the city, from Hunters Point to Citi Field. ‘New York never needed the Games, but we did need the infrastructure,’ one expert said.
Housing and Homelessness
Lack of Affordable Housing Fuels Health Disparities in Central Brooklyn, Student-Led Report Says
David Brand |
“Part of it is a little sad. I’m looking at all these statistics—the rates of rent-burdened residents, the poor housing conditions. When you see it in print, it makes it stand out and you see the severity of the situation,” one student said.
Affordable Housing
De Blasio Agrees to Fast-Track Rental Voucher Increase for Homeless New Yorkers
David Brand |
The City Council passed legislation in May to raise the CityFHEPS rate to Section 8 levels, but the measure would not take effect for at least six months unless the city agreed to take action sooner.
Affordable Housing
Manhattan Community Board Votes to Reject SoHo-NoHo Rezoning
David Brand |
The board’s resolution rejects the rezoning proposal for the wealthy neighborhoods outright, rather than submit suggestions for improvement, arguing the plan would fail to achieve the city’s affordable housing goals.
Age Justice
More New Yorkers are ‘Aging in Place’—But Growing Older at Home Isn’t Easy
Gail Robinson |
City residents looking for alternatives to nursing home care, particularly those with limited incomes, confront an array of hurdles: lack of affordable housing, a shortage of safe and accessible apartments, not enough home health care aides and waiting lists at many programs.
Housing and Homelessness
NYC Pays $122 Million to Turn Bronx Cluster Sites into Housing for Homeless Families
David Brand |
The 14 building-deal marks the third time the city has purchased cluster site properties to convert into permanent homes. It also illustrates the complicated reliance on bad landlords to provide temporary shelter—and the business of handing those same owners tens of millions of dollars for their buildings.
Transportation
Bronx Residents—And a Developer—Weigh in on What Future Metro-North Stations Might Bring
Griffin Kelly |
The MTA will add four new Metro North stations to the East Bronx as part of its Penn Station Access Initiative. The Department of City Planning is researching the best ways to develop the surrounding neighborhoods, and garnering public feedback.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: It’s Time to Make Housing Vouchers Universal
Jacquelyn Simone |
‘What low-income renters and homeless New Yorkers really need is Section 8 for all: housing assistance offered as an entitlement for everyone who qualifies.’
Homelessness
Thousands Being Sent Back to Homeless Shelters in Return to Pre-Pandemic Status Quo
David Brand |
The city is moving hundreds of homeless adults from hotel rooms—rented in the early days of the pandemic to limit the spread of the coronavirus—back into congregate shelters, where residents sleep in barracks-style dorms.
