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If the 4 percent rate had been fixed, the same set of affordable housing projects that lost $51 million in equity this year would have raised $240 million instead, helping…

ByRachel Fee 1Comment

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Nov 2020

Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion

Opinion: NYC Must Do More to Reverse Racial Segregation, Starting With Housing

‘The Where We Live NYC Plan thankfully moves beyond the simplistic supply-side diagnosis and acknowledges the legacy of systemic racism. However, the plan needs to put forth bold and specific…

ByRafael Salamanca 2Comments

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Oct 2020

Housing and Homelessness

SoHo/NoHo Rezoning Could Bring Less Than 1,000 Affordable Units

The rezoning could lead to a total increase of an estimated 3,200 housing units, including 600 to 900 affordable units, plus an additional 3,181 residents over a 10-year period, according…

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Sep 2020

Housing and Homelessness

What Opponents of the Flushing Waterfront Plan Say

A public hearing on the controversial Queens development proposal took place this week. Fans see a potential to connect isolated areas. Foes fear gentrification.

ByLan Mu for World Journal 0Comments

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Sep 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Tough Questions for Industry City in First Council Hearing on Rezoning Bid

Councilmembers scrutinized the promise of 15,000 to 20,000 jobs, which depends on hiring decisions that Industry City itself will not control.

BySadef Ali Kully 2Comments

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Sep 2020

Opinion

Opinion: Luxury Rezoning Will Displace Flushing Residents, and Our Politicians Know It

‘Just as the pandemic has laid bare long-standing societal issues, not created them from thin air, the Special Flushing Waterfront Project is tied to a long legacy of corporate real-estate…

ByFiona Zhao 0Comments

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Sep 2020

Housing and Homelessness News

Debate in Gowanus About Whether to Pause or Push Rezoning

The last de Blasio rezoning is moving into a public review, where the pros and cons of virtual engagement will be on display.

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Aug 2020

Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development

Another Court Win for City Hall Against Critics of Development Schemes

An appeals court on Thursday sided with the de Blasio administration in one element of a tangled legal dispute over a proposed development in the Two Bridges neighborhood.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Aug 2020

Housing and Homelessness