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See the 100 city-owned lots where the mayor plans to develop 50,000 units of affordable housing, taking advantage of reforms that the administration hopes will make it easier to build.

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Jul 2026

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Land Use and Development

Pinnacle Playbook: Mamdani Administration Backing Bid in Rent-Stabilized Real Estate Auction

Mayor Mamdani’s administration is backing a bid from a developer to preserve a portfolio of 887 rent-stabilized units in East Harlem, in a test of the mayor’s housing goals.

ByPatrick Spauster 0Comments

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Dec 2025

2025 Elections Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: How Mayor-elect Mamdani Can Achieve a Human Right to Housing

“New Yorkers, and Mayor-Elect Mamdani in particular, have an open window of opportunity to fundamentally shift the city from maintaining the status quo between the haves and have-nots to actively pursuing housing…

BySiya Hegde 3Comments

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Dec 2025

Featured Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Land Use and Development Politics

Legislation Will Give NYC Nonprofits First Chance to Buy Certain Buildings

Five years after it was introduced, the City Council passed a revised version of the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act, or COPA, which supporters say will give mission-driven groups a…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 16Comments

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Dec 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: The Legal Case for Passing COPA Now

“The version of COPA now before the Council is a practical, well-crafted framework that will meaningfully strengthen New York City’s ability to preserve stable, affordable housing.”

ByMatthew Hall

ByDavid Dubrow 5Comments

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Nov 2025

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion