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Home prices in the predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood began to tick up before then-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans to rezone 190 blocks in 2014. But affordable housing advocates…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Dec 2021

Government NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: At Midnight, a New Year Begins—and History Gets its Hands on Bill de Blasio

“From the vantage point of future decades, his many flaws and huge mistakes—all so apparent to us who have watched his day-to-day mayoralty—are unlikely to be as visible as the…

ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

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Dec 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Newly-Approved SoHo Rezoning Promises Affordable Homes. How Much Will they Really Cost?

While developers will seriously benefit from a chance to build market-rate apartments in one of the city’s most coveted zip codes, the de Blasio administration says the new construction will…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

At Family Homelessness Forum, Moms Talk Housing Solutions for NYC’s Next Mayor

New York City’s incoming mayor will soon inherit a decades-long homelessness crisis insufficiently addressed, and at times worsened, by his past three predecessors. So what will Eric Adams do differently?

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

Ending Family Homelessness in NYC: 12/15 Event

Tune into a virtual conversation Wednesday at 10 a.m., where New Yorkers will share their personal stories of navigating the homeless shelter system, and discuss how the city can better…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News

NYC Officials Pledge More Affordable Housing, New Artists Rules in SoHo Rezoning Plan

Lawmakers are expected to vote on the rezoning later this week. A 22-item “Points of Agreement” package includes pledges to develop more affordable housing outside the rezoning area—on city-owned land…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Dec 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness News Politics

Advocates’ Advice for Eric Adams? Better Coordination Between NYC’s Housing and Homelessness Agencies

“The solution to homelessness is housing,” one stakeholder said. “But the city agency charged with solving homelessness has no jurisdiction over housing, so we are setting them an impossible task.”

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

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Nov 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Gowanus Rezoning Shows How We Can Plan Together For a Fairer NYC

‘This plan did not start in a developer’s office, or at City Hall. It started through community planning, a series of public conversations that generated core principles for what inclusive,…

ByMichelle de la Uz

ByBrad Lander 8Comments

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Nov 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Council Considers Bill to Probe Why Homeless Are Denied Supportive Housing

During the first 10 months of 2020, nonprofit providers scheduled nearly 3,000 interviews with supportive housing applicants, 560 of whom were outright rejected. The housing shortage allows providers to “cherry-pick”…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Nov 2021

Government Housing and Homelessness

NYC Council Approves de Blasio’s Massive Gowanus Rezoning

“This is the biggest rezoning this administration has done over our eight years,” the mayor said ahead of Tuesday’s vote on the plan, which will upzone an 82-block swath of…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

House Flippers Continue to Target East New York. Residents Blame the 2016 Rezoning

Opinion: At Midnight, a New Year Begins—and History Gets its Hands on Bill de Blasio

Newly-Approved SoHo Rezoning Promises Affordable Homes. How Much Will they Really Cost?

At Family Homelessness Forum, Moms Talk Housing Solutions for NYC’s Next Mayor

Ending Family Homelessness in NYC: 12/15 Event

NYC Officials Pledge More Affordable Housing, New Artists Rules in SoHo Rezoning Plan

Opinion: Gowanus Rezoning Shows How We Can Plan Together For a Fairer NYC

NYC Council Approves de Blasio’s Massive Gowanus Rezoning

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