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The limited scope, curious criteria and advisory nature of those studies has some community advocates worried the city will miss the problems Mayor de Blasio’s zoning changes could cause.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 6Comments

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Sep 2016

Opinion

CityViews: Housing Programs Must Fight Segregation and Displacement with Different Weapons

In the debate over whether the city’s community preference exacerbates segregation, the author argues what’s really needed is a policy that can distinguish whether a neighborhood’s ethnic stamp is a…

ByPeter Marcuse 2Comments

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Cuomo Moves Toward Firming Up $2 Billion Housing Plan

After months of prodding by housing advocates, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that he had ordered the signing of an agreement on how to spend a $2 billion downpayment…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: How Community Preference Supports the Right to Age in Place

Some argue that setting aside new, affordable apartments for community residents reinforces segregation. But an advocate for the aging says the mechanism also allows New Yorkers to grow old in…

ByBobbie Sackman 1Comment

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Council Bill Would Boost Land Trusts as Way to Keep Housing Affordable

While other hurdles to community land trusts remain, the bid by Queens Councilmember Donovan Richards would nudge open the door to an approach used in several other states.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Bronx Groups Unhappy with City’s Outline of Jerome Rezoning

A coalition that has pushed for more affordable housing and local job protections says it was ‘deeply disappointed’ by a scoping document released last week.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Sep 2016

Opinion

Building Justice: How Community Preferences Enforce Racial Segregation in NYC

The man aiming to stop the city’s practice of reserving half of new affordable apartments for community residents says the policy creates divisions and limits mobility, doubling down on mistakes…

ByCraig Gurian 1Comment

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Aug 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Tests Loom for De Blasio’s Approach to Community Planning

The city’s land-use and environmental review processes are normally obscure parts of the city’s bureaucratic machinery. But in two communities where big rezonings are on the table, they are a…

ByNeil deMause 4Comments

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Jun 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Intense NYCHA Engagement Effort Could Soften Infill Opposition

The authority has held 40 meetings with residents at two developments targeted for the construction of new housing, talking out principles to guide each project. There are signs the effort…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jun 2016

NYCHA Podcasts

Max & Murphy on Housing: NYCHA Chief Talks Nuts, Bolts and Boldness

Gotham Gazette and City Limits break down NYCHA chairwoman Shola Olatoye’s remarks this week about NextGen NYCHA, maintenance hours and whether public housing is aiding or arresting mobility.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Skeptics Say City’s Environmental Studies Understate Damage from Development

CityViews: Housing Programs Must Fight Segregation and Displacement with Different Weapons

Cuomo Moves Toward Firming Up $2 Billion Housing Plan

CityViews: How Community Preference Supports the Right to Age in Place

Council Bill Would Boost Land Trusts as Way to Keep Housing Affordable

Bronx Groups Unhappy with City’s Outline of Jerome Rezoning

Building Justice: How Community Preferences Enforce Racial Segregation in NYC

Tests Loom for De Blasio’s Approach to Community Planning

Intense NYCHA Engagement Effort Could Soften Infill Opposition

Max & Murphy on Housing: NYCHA Chief Talks Nuts, Bolts and Boldness

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