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The de Blasio administration is moving to develop vacant spaces in the Brooklyn neighborhood for a mix of affordable housing and other services—building on earlier plans, engaging the community and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Oct 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Fate of Council Speaker’s East Harlem Plan Uncertain

It’s unclear how closely the city’s rezoning proposal will follow the most detailed community-based plan to emerge during the two-plus years of the de Blasio administration’s housing push.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Oct 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: The Intrinsic Value in Neighborhoods Targeted for Gentrification

‘People in the Bronx are looking to be at the real table of envisioning what happens in their neighborhoods. They are open and ready for ideas that can get them…

ByWanda Salaman

ByAlicia Grullon 1Comment

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Sep 2016

Opinion

CityViews: Housing Programs Must Fight Segregation and Displacement with Different Weapons

In the debate over whether the city’s community preference exacerbates segregation, the author argues what’s really needed is a policy that can distinguish whether a neighborhood’s ethnic stamp is a…

ByPeter Marcuse 2Comments

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Agrees Displacement is a Worry, Disputes That Investment is the Cause

At a conference on displacement, the city and advocates split over whether public and private development is a cause of residential displacement, or a potential antidote to it.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Sep 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Bronx Groups Unhappy with City’s Outline of Jerome Rezoning

A coalition that has pushed for more affordable housing and local job protections says it was ‘deeply disappointed’ by a scoping document released last week.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Aug 2016

Investigations

Community Boards Face Questions Over Demographics

Even as borough presidents have been offering incremental changes, like the appointment of several teenage board members in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, several Council bills to reform term limits…

ByRoshan Abraham 1Comment

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Aug 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Do New York’s Community Boards Need Veto Power?

Recent citywide projects like the mayor’s affordable-housing plan have reignited long-standing critiques of community boards—about the value of their advisory votes and how effective they are at reflecting the will…

ByRoshan Abraham 1Comment

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Aug 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews: The Enduring Farce of Historic Preservation in NYC

The city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has the power to save valuable remnants of New York’s storied past. Yet it accepts the flimsiest arguments for tearing them down.

ByMichele Herman 0Comments

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Jul 2016

Housing and Homelessness In Depth