In Depth
UrbaNERD: A Year of Construction Accidents in New York City
Jarrett Murphy |
City records display a sometimes hidden side of daily life in the city—the minor mishaps and serious accidents that occur on construction sites.
Affordable Housing
De Blasio Administration Seeks to Develop NYCHA Land
Batya Ungar-Sargon |
Facing a growing fiscal crisis and crumbling infrastructure, City Hall has called for building affordable housing—and, in some cases, market-rate apartments—on Housing Authority land as part of a broad strategy to save the system that houses 400,000 New Yorkers.
Bronx
Bronx BP Disses Anarchists and Gives a New View on Gentrification
Jarrett Murphy |
Ruben Diaz, Jr. believes new affordable housing must serve people with relatively high incomes—not to attract that crowd, but to keep them from leaving.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
City Revamping its Affordable Housing Toolkit
Jarrett Murphy |
Mayor de Blasio’s housing plan was full of ambition and ideas. Achieving them will require streamlining and rearranging the city’s housing development system, says HPD’s commissioner.
CITY WIRE: THE BLOG
Both Sides in Atlantic Yards Dispute Believe in Modular
Jarrett Murphy |
The developer Forest City Ratner and the construction firm Skanska have had a bitter parting of ways over a stalled construction project. But both say they still believe in the pioneering pre-fab approach it took.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Tenants Battle Gentrification on Many Fronts
Ian Marsh |
You can debate whether gentrification is good or bad for neighborhoods. But it’s clear that many low-income tenants aren’t simply sitting and waiting to be pushed out of their homes.
Affordable Housing
Mixed Views of Gentrification's Threat in East New York
Gerard Flynn |
The area’s improvement—thanks to community action and city policy—is undeniable. What’s debated is whether the same displacement seen in Bed-Stuy and Bushwick is headed that way.
Housing and Homelessness
Churches Become Housing in Bushwick
Ian Marsh |
One former Lutheran church being converted to housing will include affordable units. It’s unclear whether another former house of worship will offer non-market apartments as well.
Government
Advocates Say Armory Fight is Over, But Work Just Beginning
Jordan Moss |
A two-decade debate over how to redevelop the massive Kingsbridge Armory ended with a City Council vote last week. Now promises to the community must be made real.
Housing and Homelessness
Cabrera: I'll Vote for Kingsbridge Plan
Jordan Moss |
The Bronx Councilman says he was swayed by last minute concessions by the developer.
