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‘We’re not offering a building like for the billionaires on 57th Street,’ the developer explained. ‘We’ll have apartments at $2 million up to maybe $5 million.’ Bargains like that threaten…

ByRobert F. Stern 1Comment

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Feb 2017

Housing and Homelessness

City Picks Developers for Harlem Site, to Advocates’ Disappointment

A fifth of apartments at the 111th street project will be for families making below $24,480, and one fourth of units will be permanently rent-restricted.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Labor, Law and Lessons from California: The Debate Over Local Hiring and the Rezonings

Advocates want the city to require developers who take advantage of rezonings to hire local residents for construction jobs. The city fears a legal challenge, but San Francisco and Los…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Government Housing and Homelessness

Council OKs System to Track Promises Made During Rezoning Debates

There’s never much doubt that the new development envisioned during a debate over a neighborhood rezoning is going to arrive. What of the promises that help the mayor get the…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

The protestors called on the de Blasio administration to take on a broader rezoning of the area in order to control development. But the mayor isn’t the only politician who…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Admin. Eyes New Zoning Tool to Pair Housing and Industry

Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen announced at a conference on Friday that the de Blasio administration will seek a way to create a zoning code that requires manufacturing uses among a…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Cost and Legal Concerns Raised Amid Push for Local Hiring, Union Jobs in De Blasio Rezonings

Community groups and trade unions want the construction work done in rezoning neighborhoods to go to local residents and pay union wages. And advocates aren’t convinced that the legal and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Nov 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Video

Video: NYCHA Development Plans and Community Concerns

City Limits’ Jarrett Murphy joined Gary Pierre-Pierre on CUNY TV’s Independent Sources to discuss the NYCHA NextGen plan and some of the community concerns it has generated.

ByCity Limits 0Comments

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Nov 2016

Housing and Homelessness Resources

Everything You Need to Know About Mandatory Inclusionary Housing but Were Afraid to Ask

Still fuzzy on the details of the policy that ties the mayor’s affordable housing plan to his ambitious rezoning efforts? It’s OK. You’ve nothing to be ashamed of. We’re here…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 7Comments

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

East New York Rezoning, Six Months Later: The Key Council Vote Speaks

Touting community benefits, Councilman Rafael Espinal supported the rezoning of East New York in April. We checked in with him on the impact of the rezoning—and the delivery on promises—so…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

CityViews: ‘As of Right’ and Wrong as Developers Target Morningside Heights

City Picks Developers for Harlem Site, to Advocates’ Disappointment

Labor, Law and Lessons from California: The Debate Over Local Hiring and the Rezonings

Council OKs System to Track Promises Made During Rezoning Debates

Anger Over Mayor’s Reaction to Chinatown Rezoning Push

De Blasio Admin. Eyes New Zoning Tool to Pair Housing and Industry

Cost and Legal Concerns Raised Amid Push for Local Hiring, Union Jobs in De Blasio Rezonings

Video: NYCHA Development Plans and Community Concerns

Everything You Need to Know About Mandatory Inclusionary Housing but Were Afraid to Ask

East New York Rezoning, Six Months Later: The Key Council Vote Speaks

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