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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…

ByLinda La Violette, Penn Rodeen and Benjamin Shepard 5Comments

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Feb 2021

De Blasio Housing Plan Created More Affordable Units, But Left Out City’s Most Vulnerable: Report

‘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…

BySadef Ali Kully 7Comments

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Feb 2021

Government

The Policy Shop: Sex Work, Social Housing and 15-Minute Neighborhoods

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.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness

City Looks to Appeal Decision Halting Two Bridges Towers — Again

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…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Jan 2021

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Any Plan to Convert Empty Offices to Housing Must Center Inclusivity, Affordability

‘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…

ByRafael E. Cestero 3Comments

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Dec 2020

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: In Defense of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing

‘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…

BySandy Hornick 9Comments

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Dec 2020

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: It’s Time to End Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. Here Are Some Alternatives

‘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…

ByLynn Ellsworth 22Comments

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Dec 2020

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Moving Toward Just Land Use and Housing Policies in NYC

‘Across the city, the mayor and developers are pushing rezonings and development projects that attempt to rip out the fertile roots of people and place, to wholly redefine city neighborhoods…

ByCheryl Pahaham and Paul Epstein 1Comment

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Dec 2020

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

City Council OKs Rezoning for Controversial Flushing Waterfront Development

Just five councilmembers voted against the land use application for the project, which has drawn the ire of critics who say it doesn’t include nearly enough affordable housing.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Dec 2020

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Don’t Delay New Affordable Housing for Struggling Coney Island

‘1607 Surf Ave. can begin to address the pain of the housing and food instability that many in this community face every day, and offer an economic boost for the…

ByMark Treyger

ByHakeem Jeffries 1Comment

Opinion: Five Myths About the Gowanus Rezoning

De Blasio Housing Plan Created More Affordable Units, But Left Out City’s Most Vulnerable: Report

City Looks to Appeal Decision Halting Two Bridges Towers — Again

Opinion: Any Plan to Convert Empty Offices to Housing Must Center Inclusivity, Affordability

Opinion: In Defense of Mandatory Inclusionary Housing

Opinion: It’s Time to End Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. Here Are Some Alternatives

Opinion: Moving Toward Just Land Use and Housing Policies in NYC

City Council OKs Rezoning for Controversial Flushing Waterfront Development

Opinion: Don’t Delay New Affordable Housing for Struggling Coney Island

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