Affordable Housing
Bitterness and Division at Inwood Rezoning Hearing
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Rhetoric from a rancorous primary spilled into discussions of the city’s controversial rezoning plan for Inwood.
Affordable Housing
Advocates, Council Continue Push for Deeper Affordability
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The Real Affordability for All coalition released a report strongly critical of the mayor’s housing strategy, while councilmembers acknowledged improvements but pressed for more low-income units.
Affordable Housing
Passionate Testimony at East Harlem Rezoning City Planning Commission Hearing
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The administration presented new investments and new height limits for some portions of the rezoning, but most residents and stakeholders said they still strongly disproved of the city’s rezoning proposal.
Affordable Housing
With New Commitments and Investments, Far Rockaway Rezoning Moves Towards Approval
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
It’s all but certain that Downtown Far Rockaway will soon become the second of de Blasio’s approved neighborhood rezonings.
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Inwood Rezoning Could Generate 4,300+ New Apartments
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The draft scope of work for the rezoning, released last Friday, reveals new details about the development potential of the city’s proposed plans.
Affordable Housing
Public Advocate: You’re A Bad Bank if You Fund the Worst Landlords
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
It’s not the first time the city has tried to hold financial backers responsible for poor conditions and the loss of affordable housing, but advocates are encouraged by at least one bank’s early response.
Affordable Housing
CityViews: Missing the Target on Segregation
Harry DeRienzo |
The current community preference system may have its flaws, the writer says, but simply calling for its elimination is irresponsible and callous after centuries of race-based zoning.
Affordable Housing
Frustration and Concerns Voiced at Long Island City Rezoning Workshop
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Some participants took issue with the Department of City Planning’s argument that without a rezoning, the neighborhood won’t get affordable housing.
Affordable Housing
18 Tenant Protection Bills May Soon Be Law
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings passed all but one of the Stand for Tenant Safety bills and a variety of other bills to safeguard tenants.
Affordable Housing
De Blasio’s Bigger Fight Isn’t Building Housing, but Preserving It
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor’s grand housing plan promised 200,000 affordable units. But most of them already exist.
