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 VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: NYCHA Must Fix Our Homes Before Developing New Ones
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‘There needs to be a moratorium on any new development schemes until NYCHA housing complies with all New York City building codes.’
City Planning Commission
CityViews: Proposed Mega Towers an Affront to Lower East Side Residents
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‘Building supertall finger buildings that allow high sales prices based on the views they let inhabitants own hurts neighborhoods by blocking light and air from other buildings and public streets.’
Development
First Meeting on Future of Sunnyside Yards Finds Some Wary of Overdevelopment
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‘It’s an exercise in dreaming big,’ Carl Rodrigues, a senior policy adviser to Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen, told attendees.
ZoneIn
Protest Ahead of Hearing on Proposed Two Bridges Skyscrapers
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Opposition to the towers is vocal, and the oppositions’ strategies are varied: Some want to force a land-use review via legislation, while others are threatening a lawsuit.
BRONX BUREAU
What’s Next for Majora Carter’s ‘Self-Gentrification’ Hub in the South Bronx?
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The activist turned developer pitched a community land trust based not around collective ownership of affordable housing but private owners with deep roots in gentrifying areas. Not everyone loved the idea.
Albany
CityViews on Camera: Upstate Cities Need Attention During Campaign ’18
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City Limits invited readers to go on camera and explain why the most important issue to them in this election year should matter to us, too. Ocesa Keaton of Syracuse took us up on the offer.
Development
With Broad Rezoning Moving Slowly, LIC Developers are Pushing for Their Own Changes
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According to residents, developers are not waiting for the city’s study or the possible city-sponsored rezoning and are avoiding the community by going through spot rezonings.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: The Lessons We Learned From Saving Parkchester
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‘Parkchester’s rebirth reflects the best of New York and stands as a lesson for communities throughout the country seeking to preserve and enlarge their stock of affordable housing.’
Affordable Housing
A Toolkit to Fight Displacement in NYC Neighborhoods, Other U.S. Cities
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Advocates from Buffalo to Brownsville and the LES to LA are voicing concerns about displacement. One local group has compiled a menu of policies to fight it.