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The city has said little about the remaining eight neighborhoods that will be reshaped to facilitate the mayor’s housing plan. Some advocates hope the quiet will tamp down speculation, but…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2016

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Cracking Down on Bad Buildings

Gotham Gazette and City Limits talk over the housing-policy news of the week, from a slowdown on the Jerome Avenue rezoning, to a ranking of neighborhoods by housing risk, to…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

Uncategorized

De Blasio’s ‘Agent of the City’ Dodge: Is it Even Original?

City Hall argues that advice from some outside political operatives (who double as lobbyists) can be shielded from public disclosure. It’s a new spin on two familiar problems.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: DOE is Letting Charters Undermine its Plan for Struggling Schools

Is the de Blasio administration undercutting its own education vision by allowing charter co-locations in its Community Schools?

ByMarilena Marchetti 0Comments

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May 2016

Economy Housing and Homelessness

Criticism Mounts as City Holds Another Round of Tax-Lien Sales

It’s been the city’s practice for two decades to sell property-tax debts to a private trust, generating revenue for the city and for investors—but, advocates say, hurting low-income homeowners.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Slow to Embrace Land Trusts as Housing Tool

The de Blasio administration has shown openness to community land trusts but organizations, not the city, are taking the boldest steps toward trying what backers say offers the best chance…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Max & Murphy: The Affordable Housing Balancing Act

Gotham Gazette and City Limits take a fair and balanced approach to running through the week’s biggest housing stories.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Affordable Housing: How Low Can de Blasio Go?

The administration says it will use subsidies, not zoning, to serve New Yorkers with extremely low incomes. But with all the costs and tradeoffs that entails, how many deeply affordable…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Has Developers’ Wish-List Shaped Queens Rezoning Plan?

That plan for Flushing mapped out by a business group later accused of unethical activity—did that merely set the stage or does it call the tune for the pending city…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Advocates Wary of Lawsuit Over City’s Affordable Housing Preferences

A federal court is considering whether federal law prohibits the city’s policy of setting aside 50 percent of apartments in new, subsidized buildings for local residents.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

Which Neighborhoods Will de Blasio’s Rezonings Target Next?

Max & Murphy: Cracking Down on Bad Buildings

De Blasio’s ‘Agent of the City’ Dodge: Is it Even Original?

CityViews: DOE is Letting Charters Undermine its Plan for Struggling Schools

Criticism Mounts as City Holds Another Round of Tax-Lien Sales

City Slow to Embrace Land Trusts as Housing Tool

Max & Murphy: The Affordable Housing Balancing Act

Affordable Housing: How Low Can de Blasio Go?

Has Developers’ Wish-List Shaped Queens Rezoning Plan?

Advocates Wary of Lawsuit Over City’s Affordable Housing Preferences

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