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City Council

Max & Murphy: Council’s NYCHA Point-Person Has Open Mind on the Monitor and Infill Development

By Jarrett Murphy | February 7, 2019

But Alicka Ampry-Samuel took issue with City Hall appointing a person with no housing expertise as interim head of the housing authority.

Affordable Housing

City Council, Skeptics Spar Over New Round of Housing Bills

By Sadef Ali Kully | January 16, 2019

The de Blasio administration defended its housing lottery system against claims of opacity and unfairness.

City Council

City Council’s Appointments Skew Toward Whites, Manhattanites

By Eddie Borges | January 14, 2019

The early statistics on Speaker Johnson’s appointments mirror the record on the other side of City Hall, where Mayor de Blasio’s hiring practices indicate major racial disparities.

HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT

Community Board Rejects De Blasio’s Bay Street Rezoning, Demands Changes

By Sadef Ali Kully | January 11, 2019

The conditions set by the board included 20 acres of public open space, construction of new schools, additional ferry services and making the proposed renovations to the Cromwell recreation center a separate project with its own funding.

ZoneIn

De Blasio’s Sixth Year in Office Could Feature Three Neighborhood Rezonings

By Sadef Ali Kully | January 7, 2019

The mayor in 2015 set a goal of rezoning up to 15 neighborhoods in a drive to create more density and more affordable housing. Five rezonings have passed and at least three are likely to move forward in 2019.

HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT

Track the 18 Tenant Protection Bills Now Before the City Council

By Sadef Ali Kully | December 5, 2018

The proposals cover everything from buyouts to building-code violations, construction dust to housing-court process servers.

City Council

Council Weighs Mandating Developers to Create Housing for the Homeless

By Sadef Ali Kully | November 1, 2018

‘We have the opportunity to change the course for homeless New Yorkers and those on the brink of homelessness and we need to act now.’

City Council

Doubts About Breadth of Small Business Rent Bill Emerge at Council Hearing

By Sadef Ali Kully | October 24, 2018

Speaker Corey Johnson took issue with the de Blasio administration’s lack of action to address the problem of commercial vacancies. But he also faulted Small Business Jobs Survival Act supporters for resisting changes to the bill.

Health Disparities

Following Up: Council Acts to Shore Up Maternal Health in NYC

By Jarrett Murphy | October 18, 2018

The City Council passed a set of bills intended to at least partly address the problems of maternal morbidity and mortality, which, like so many health issues, disproportionately affect low-income women of color.

City Council

Council Weighs Commercial Rent Regs 3 Decades After First Attempt

By Sadef Ali Kully | October 12, 2018

Over the decades, supporters of the bill have faced questions about its legality and economic impact, and it has generated strong opposition from the real-estate lobby.

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