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The first residential tower at the controversial Brooklyn development was supposed to pave the way for faster, cheaper housing construction using modular design. Internal state documents suggest the unique approach…

ByNorman Oder 3Comments

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Aug 2015

Opinion

Are There More Homeless People in New York City?

A veteran advocate digs through the available statistics to find a fuzzy answer on how many homeless there are, let alone whether their numbers are increasing.

ByJeff Foreman 1Comment

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Aug 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Key Coalition Backs NYCHA Infill Plan, with Conditions

NYCHA’s plan to build affordable housing at existing public housing developments has generated skepticism. But an alliance of advocates, resident leaders and elected officials offered qualified support for the proposal.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Aug 2015

Opinion

NYC Housing Community Responds to ‘Poverty Housing Industry’ Op-Ed

Critiques of the ill-effects of “concentrated poverty” and the location of subsidized housing are decades old. But they’ve been rejuvenated by recent research, court decisions and regulations.

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Battle Brewing Over Proposed Changes to City Parking Rules

The de Blasio administration and allies want to change zoning rules that mandate the creation of off-street parking. But there’s opposition to the idea from some civic groups.

ByJarrett Murphy 7Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness Investigations NYCHA

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…

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 1Comment

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

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.

ByCole Rosengren 2Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

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.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

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.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jun 2015

Uncategorized

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…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Documents Reveal Woes at Pioneering Atlantic Yards Building

Are There More Homeless People in New York City?

Key Coalition Backs NYCHA Infill Plan, with Conditions

NYC Housing Community Responds to ‘Poverty Housing Industry’ Op-Ed

Battle Brewing Over Proposed Changes to City Parking Rules

Tenant Leaders Dispute Their Role in Shaping NYCHA Development Plans

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

De Blasio Notes Housing Milestone, Gets Pushback and Praise

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

A Brief History of Rent Guidelines Board Decisions

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