HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Track the 18 Tenant Protection Bills Now Before the City Council
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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
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‘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
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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
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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 Weights Commercial Rent Regs 3 Decades After First Attempt
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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.
Affordable Housing
Council Approves Inwood Rezoning Amid Protest
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Bitterly opposed by many neighborhood residents, the rezoning passed the Council with a single no vote.
City Council
City Council Approves 1-Year Cap on New For-Hire Vehicles
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The City Council’s action was opposed by app-based ride services that have led to tens of thousands of new cars on streets since the issue was last considered four years ago.
CityViews: Restricting For-Hire Vehicles Will Hurt New Yorkers When They Most Need Help
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‘I’ve been reliably stingy most of my life, opting to take a train and/or bus to get where I need to go. But on a few occasions recently, I folded and ordered a Lyft. One such occasion was a midnight emergency.’
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Councilmember at Center of Inwood Rezoning Process Says Negotiations Continue
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Ydanis Rodriguez would not specify which parts of the rezoning were still being negotiated with the city but said he was looking at all options—especially those pertaining to the Commercial U.
HOUSING and DEVELOPMENT
Hopes and Fears Shared at Hearing on Inwood Rezoning
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The Council subcommittee hearing brings the proposed rezoning one step closer to a final vote.