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‘To compete in this environment, the city must offer an attractive affordable housing alternative, define the neighborhoods where it is available, and implement individual deals on a timely fashion.’

ByMichael Lappin 4Comments

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Should NYC Evaluate its Housing Policies for Their Racial Impact?

Amid deep concerns about the way city housing policies impact different racial groups—and the lack of attention during the official planning process to those effects—some advocates and elected officials are…

BySadef Ali Kully 3Comments

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Jun 2019

Climate and Environment

Activists Still Hoping to Derail Plan to Develop on Staten Island Wetland

A year and a half after it won City Council approval, a Staten Island development project is stalled thanks to an unsuspecting turtle.

ByAvery Miles 0Comments

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

The Trees are Gone. The Hill is Leveled. The Building is Coming.

The question is, if they’re building on steep hillsides now, where will the Bronx’s development boom go next?

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Two Bridges Foes Win a Round in Suit Over Mayoral Power

A judge reserved judgement on cases challenging the power of the mayor to decide when a project can escape public review but kept in place a restraining order on building…

BySadef Ali Kully 4Comments

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Weighing in on Zoning Dispute, City Board Says a Target is Not a Department Store

The proposed Target store could be considered too large for zoning on a site in Jackson Heights. But city officials will allow it anyway because most of its square footage…

ByAmir Khafagy 1Comment

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Jun 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Budget Could Boost City’s Nascent Community Land Trust Movement

The de Blasio administration has shown some openness to community land trusts, which offer a promising new approach to providing affordable housing in New York City. Now the Council is…

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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May 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Doubts on the Details of the City’s Bushwick Rezoning Proposal

Some are worried proposed height limits leave too much room for developers, or too little room for homeowners who want to sell. Affordability options and a playground project are also…

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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May 2019

Land Use and Development NYCHA Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Manhattan Beep Challenges Multiple Mayoral Development Moves

From the banks of the East River to a NYCHA development uptown, Gale Brewer has resisted efforts by Bill de Blasio to undertake major development projects without going through ULURP.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2019

Opinion