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For months volunteers at dozens of community gardens have wondered which ones might be targeted for affordable housing. Our partners at Brooklyn Deep were in the room when gardeners learned…

ByCole Rosengren 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Does NYCHA’s Development Plan Vindicate John Rhea?

The former NYCHA chairman was vilified for his plan to develop housing-authority land. Now that the de Blasio administration has issued its own infill plan, is it time for another…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness Video

City Housing Chief Aims to Rebut Concerns About Displacement

As many community boards around the city balk at proposed zoning changes, Commissioner Vicki Been cites research suggesting fears of displacement are overblown.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Nov 2015

Uncategorized

Bronx Beep Holds Hearing on Mayor’s Inclusionary Housing Plan

Read some of the testimony that Ruben Diaz Jr. will hear tonight.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness

The Math Behind Bill de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Zoning Plan

The city says its proposed mandatory inclusionary housing program exacts as much affordability as the market will bear. But how did it reach that conclusion?

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness

How are NYC’s Community Boards Reacting to de Blasio’s Housing Proposals?

Unfounded fears, legitimate doubts and ambitious alternatives have greeted the mayor’s two proposals to change zoning rules to permit greater housing density and require affordable housing.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

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Oct 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Protest as City Auctions Land Despite Housing Need

The de Blasio administration says the parcels sold off this week wouldn’t work for affordable housing, but some advocacy groups believe the city is shedding potentially valuable assets. Watch a…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Oct 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Stuy-Town Deal’s Affordable Housing is Barely So

The fact that the city was able to shape a private real-estate transaction is a feather in the mayor’s cap. But the income levels and term length indicate how…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Sep 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Fight Over De Blasio Plan for East New York Will Be About More than Housing

The administration’s proposal also affects industrial space, parks, schools and transit. The city and critics often disagree on where there’ll be problems, and if so, how to solve them.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Sep 2015

Uncategorized

Read the De Blasio Inclusionary Zoning Proposal

We’ve been talking about mandatory inclusionary zoning since candidate de Blasio proposed it more than two years ago. Finally, public review—and a defining policy battle for the administration—begins.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

Brooklyn Community Gardeners React to De Blasio Admin. Deal

Does NYCHA’s Development Plan Vindicate John Rhea?

City Housing Chief Aims to Rebut Concerns About Displacement

Bronx Beep Holds Hearing on Mayor’s Inclusionary Housing Plan

The Math Behind Bill de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Zoning Plan

How are NYC’s Community Boards Reacting to de Blasio’s Housing Proposals?

Protest as City Auctions Land Despite Housing Need

Stuy-Town Deal’s Affordable Housing is Barely So

Fight Over De Blasio Plan for East New York Will Be About More than Housing

Read the De Blasio Inclusionary Zoning Proposal

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