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It’s not quite right to say that East New York advocates are opposed to the mayor’s plan to develop the area. It’s not quite right to say that they’re satisfied…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Feb 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Worries About Process, Long-Term Impact Greet NYCHA Deal

A deal to sell a stake in six buildings to a private developer is already signed and sealed—a major reason it drew sometimes heated questions at a City Council hearing.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Feb 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Some Resist De Blasio’s Housing Plans for Garden Sites

On a list of 100 parcels the administration has targeted for affordable housing development, community gardeners say 17 are “active, thriving” open spaces. Updated!

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants See Huge Rent Spikes When Landlords End Discounts

Add another issue to the debate over renewing rent regulations: Current law allows landlords who’ve charged lower than legal rent to suddenly hike the monthly charge to the maximum level,…

ByKen Thorbourne 1Comment

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Jan 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Council Housing Chair Wants More Detail on De Blasio Plan

Councilman Jumaane Williams Just last week, Mayor de Blasio said the city had in his first year of office financed 17,300 units of affordable housing toward his goal of preserving or…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Dec 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants Rip Program Tying Rent Hikes to Landlord Investments

Major Capital Improvements allow rent-stabilized landlords to exceed authorized rent increases when paying off a new roof, boiler or other large expense. Long-standing tenant complaints about fraud are part of…

ByJillian Jonas 2Comments

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Dec 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Koch’s Housing Legacy, Through a de Blasio Lens

Like the former mayor, Bill de Blasio faces a housing crisis and a stingy federal government. But the current occupant of City Hall also confronts steeper expectations in a city…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Oct 2014

Housing and Homelessness News

City Revamping its Affordable Housing Toolkit

Mayor de Blasio’s housing plan was full of ambition and ideas. Achieving them will require streamlining and rearranging the city’s housing development system, says HPD’s commissioner.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Plan Targets Vacant Lots; Some Neighbors Leery

The administration sees city-owned vacant lots as potential sites for affordable housing. Communities that use—or hope to use—those parcels for gardens see them as something else.