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Brooklyn Community Services (BCS) hosted its panel discussion “Brooklyn Stand Up! The Future of East New York. Panel discussed topics including housing, the critical need of basic services, jobs…

Bywearebcs 1Comment

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Apr 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Mixed Showing for Housing in State Budget

Organizations are still digesting the details, but the newly approved state budget looks to have sprinkled a little good news on a dish of disappointment for housing advocates.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2015

Housing and Homelessness

5 Challenges to De Blasio’s Promise of Inclusive Planning

Mayor de Blasio promises to follow up on campaign promises and bring planning closer to the community. But he’ll face obstacles delivering on those vows.

ByGerard Flynn 2Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Budget Deal Done, Rent Battles Loom

For months now discussion of the details of rent-regulation renewal has been set aside until “after the budget.” Word that the framework of a budget deal is in place in…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Foresees $400M Deficit in a Decade

The housing authority ranks buildings’ repair needs on a scale of 1 to 5. Five is the worst—and it applies to fully a quarter of NYCHA’s buildings.

ByBatya Ungar-Sargon 2Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Are Co-Op Owners Entitled to ‘Windfall’ Profits?

Mitchell-Lama co-op owners bought their units when the buildings were subsidized for affordability. Now some debate whether it’s right sell those apartments for lucrative market prices.

ByNorman Oder 5Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness

In Rising Market, Vital Mitchell-Lama Program at Crossroads

Deep repair needs and an alluring private market are pushing the mostly middle-class complexes toward the open market, eroding a bulwark of affordability.

ByNorman Oder 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness Video

Fear of City’s ‘Good Plan’ for Housing

The lower-income, working-class people along the Jerome Avenue corridor are among the New Yorkers most in need of affordable housing. So why is there so much skepticism about the mayor’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness

NYC’s Endangered Species: A Rent-Controlled Apartment

Myth: Rent-controlled tenants get an unbelievable deal. Reality: They can be hit with huge annual rent increases. That’s why advocates want the shrinking number of rent-controlled apartments added to Albany’s…

ByKen Thorbourne 134Comments

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Feb 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Landlord Group Sees Little Change Ahead in Rent Laws

With a new Assembly speaker in place, rent regulations seem likely to be renewed without significant changes, Rent Stabilization Association head Joseph Strasburg said in an interview.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Brooklyn Community Services Hosts Panel on East New York

Mixed Showing for Housing in State Budget

5 Challenges to De Blasio’s Promise of Inclusive Planning

Budget Deal Done, Rent Battles Loom

NYCHA Foresees $400M Deficit in a Decade

Are Co-Op Owners Entitled to ‘Windfall’ Profits?

In Rising Market, Vital Mitchell-Lama Program at Crossroads

Fear of City’s ‘Good Plan’ for Housing

NYC’s Endangered Species: A Rent-Controlled Apartment

Landlord Group Sees Little Change Ahead in Rent Laws

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