Not-for-profit developers say the city’s focus on producing more units faster and cheaper is sidelining the mission to create housing that neighborhoods actually welcome.
The city will sweat the details for a long time. But let’s give de Blasio his due for putting his stamp on history.
The mayor wants to get his message out. The press wants to get their questions answered. The solution is simple.
Why does a system where charges are based on property values charge more to someone whose property is valued less?
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 of it misinformed.
Bill de Blasio has added significantly to New York’s decades-old effort to protect the undocumented. But when it comes to fully resisting Trump’s aggro enforcement policy, the city’s political will and legal authority are limited.
The mayor has rejected criticism and coverage of his preliminary budget as “disingenuous” and “inaccurate.” When Mike Bloomberg was mayor, Councilman Bill de Blasio often found fault in the budget outline.
The de Blasio administration is already taking some of the steps that advocates want to see, but they are hoping for faster action.
Hoping to improve tenant engagement, NYCHA said it would let a group of residents review bids for a new mixed-income housing project at a Brooklyn development. But the authority balked when the tenants said they wanted to bring a lawyer.
The Pratt Center for Community Development argues that Mayor de Blasio’s proposed rezonings could displace auto-repair shops—a vital source of employment in immigrant communities.
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