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“As longtime homeownership advocates, we see everyday how exorbitant rents prevent aspiring homeowners from saving for a down payment, keeping the goal of ownership just out of reach for thousands…

ByLynn Schulman

ByChristie Peale 0Comments

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Mar 2026

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: We’re Loving Mitchell-Lama to Death

“It is easy to romanticize Mitchell-Lama as it existed decades ago, when maintenance increases were rare and expensive infrastructure replacements were uncommon. But those memories reflect the realities of the…

ByToba Potosky 0Comments

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Jan 2025

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Expand NY’s Residential Solar Tax Credit

“The money New York State invests to accelerate solar is missing the households and communities that need it the most.”

ByKate Selden

ByAlex Lee 2Comments

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Nov 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness

‘This is Going to be a Back Breaker’: Landmark Climate Law Poses Test for NYC’s Co-ops

Local Law 97 is one of the most ambitious—and divisive—climate measures enacted in any U.S. city. While some co-op boards see the mandate as an opportunity to make sustainable upgrades…

ByIllan Ireland 5Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: NY’s Mitchell-Lama Housing Should Be Preserved, Not Dismantled

“Dissolving our building’s Mitchell-Lama status would be a small but significant injustice in an already deeply unequal city. Shareholders who have long benefitted from the program would be autonomously divesting…

ByJerald Isseks 16Comments

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Jun 2019

NYCHA Opinion

Opinion: Abolish This Luxury Property Tax Break and Save NYCHA

‘We’re cosponsoring legislation that will reform the Cooperative / Condominium Property Tax Abatement by ending tax breaks for luxury owners who don’t need them.’

ByRobert Rodriguez

ByJulia Salazar 2Comments

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Mar 2017

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CityViews: The Case for New Regs for the City’s Affordable Co-ops

Income-restricted cooperatives comprise some 30,000 apartments in more than 1,300 formerly abandoned or distressed multi-family buildings. The city’s proposed regulations to stabilize this key affordable-housing stock have met with opposition—some…

ByAndrew Reicher 16Comments

Opinion: Passing COPA Could Open Pathways to Homeownership for More New Yorkers

Opinion: We’re Loving Mitchell-Lama to Death

Opinion: Expand NY’s Residential Solar Tax Credit

‘This is Going to be a Back Breaker’: Landmark Climate Law Poses Test for NYC’s Co-ops

Opinion: NY’s Mitchell-Lama Housing Should Be Preserved, Not Dismantled

Opinion: Abolish This Luxury Property Tax Break and Save NYCHA

CityViews: The Case for New Regs for the City’s Affordable Co-ops

Newsletter

Opinion: Passing COPA Could Open Pathways to Homeownership for More New Yorkers

Opinion: We’re Loving Mitchell-Lama to Death

Opinion: Expand NY’s Residential Solar Tax Credit

‘This is Going to be a Back Breaker’: Landmark Climate Law Poses Test for NYC’s Co-ops

Opinion: NY’s Mitchell-Lama Housing Should Be Preserved, Not Dismantled

Opinion: Abolish This Luxury Property Tax Break and Save NYCHA

CityViews: The Case for New Regs for the City’s Affordable Co-ops

Newsletter

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