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While lawmakers are still hammering out the details, the latest state budget is likely to include $50 million to create the long-sought Housing Access Voucher Program, which would help people…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Apr 2024

Climate and Environment Housing and Homelessness

Advocates, Lawmakers ‘Baffled’ By Exclusions in Basement Legalization Plan

“I’m surprised, I’m baffled, I’m angry,” said City Councilmember Sandy Nurse, who represents East New York, where the city ran an earlier basement conversion pilot in 2019. The area…

ByChris Janaro 1Comment

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Apr 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Labor Politics

What and When? Albany Housing Deal Likely, But Big Questions Remain

As state budget negotiations drag nearly two weeks late, a housing deal seems likely to coalesce—but it’s not there yet, as consequential details remain fluid.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness

Second Time’s the Charm? NY Legislature Angles For Broad Housing Deal

With the state’s annual spending plan due in less than three weeks, the Senate and Assembly are calling for a housing plan that both incentivizes development and protects tenants from…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Yes and No: Bills Targeting Illegal Rent Increases Diverge On Governor’s Desk

State lawmakers passed two bills last year intended to help New York City tenants root out—and undo—illegal rent hikes, but only one received Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature.

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Dec 2023

Housing and Homelessness Politics

Two Bills Targeting Illegal Rent Increases Await Their Fate

The state Senate and Assembly passed a duo of bills in June aimed at helping rent stabilized tenants dig deeper into their rent histories to challenge suspicious increases. The governor…

ByEmma Whitford 2Comments

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Jul 2023

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness News

World Trade Center Apartments Move Ahead as One-Third Affordable

The 400 income-restricted units at 5WTC, the only residential project planned for the World Trade Center site, mark an increase from prior proposals but fall short of the 100 percent…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Politics

Bills to Bolster NY’s Rent Stabilization Law Head To Governor’s Desk

Bills aimed at helping rent stabilized tenants dig deeper into their rent histories to challenge suspicious increases sailed through the State Assembly, capping off an anticlimactic year for housing policy…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jun 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering

While Albany leaders failed to pass a comprehensive package of housing legislation this week, some advocates and high-ranking lawmakers have been working on a pair of bills they say could…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

With six weeks left until the end of the legislative session, Hochul is already looking ahead, insisting that she will work with Senate and Assembly leaders to address New York’s…

ByEmma Whitford 2Comments

‘Foot in the Door’: Funds to Kickstart State Rental Voucher Program Expected in Budget Deal

Advocates, Lawmakers ‘Baffled’ By Exclusions in Basement Legalization Plan

What and When? Albany Housing Deal Likely, But Big Questions Remain

Second Time’s the Charm? NY Legislature Angles For Broad Housing Deal

Yes and No: Bills Targeting Illegal Rent Increases Diverge On Governor’s Desk

Two Bills Targeting Illegal Rent Increases Await Their Fate

World Trade Center Apartments Move Ahead as One-Third Affordable

Bills to Bolster NY’s Rent Stabilization Law Head To Governor’s Desk

As State Housing Package Implodes, Two Tenant-Friendly Bills Still Simmering

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

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