Affordable Housing Archives - Page 77 of 87

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 1Comment

Tenant Leaders Dispute Their Role in Shaping NYCHA Development Plans

NYCHA says an extensive visioning process among residents shaped a plan to build new housing developments in the Bronx and Brooklyn. But Tenant Association leaders feel their communities’ feelings weren’t…

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ByCole Rosengren 2Comments

Bed-Stuy is Focus of Concerns Over Fate of Community Gardens

The city has identified 181 small city-owned sites for potential affordable-housing development. Eighteen currently have community gardens on them. Ten of those gardens are in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

De Blasio Notes Housing Milestone, Gets Pushback and Praise

The city created or preserved more than 20,000 income-targeted units under the mayor’s affordable housing plan last year, the most in a quarter century.

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ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

City’s Plan for East New York Tries to Address Gentrification Fears

But there’s still lots of daylight between what the de Blasio administration proposes and what a coalition of local groups and activists wants to see.

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ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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A Brief History of Rent Guidelines Board Decisions

The RGB’s annual decision on rent increases for nearly a million rent-stabilized apartments in New York City comes amid talk of a first-ever rent freeze or rollback. Here’s a quick…

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ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Government

Does Albany’s 2015 Ending Mean Progressive Window is Closed?

The failure to achieve substantial rent reform, a higher minimum wage and other priorities of the left make some wonder if a brief opening for progressive legislation has slammed shut.

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ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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Tenant Groups Detest Rent Law Deal, Unions Praise 421-a Move

Mayor de Blasio saw hopes for permanent mayoral control of schools dashed at the state capitol, while tenant leaders decried Gov. Cuomo’s lack of action on their behalf.

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ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

Investigations

Growing Calls to Fix City’s Water Rates

Rising fees and disparities lead to a question: Can New York City charge water customers in a way that encourages conservation without punishing the poor?

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