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‘The city is going behind the backs of its most engaged residents to facilitate the construction of a small number of units for people who make much more than average…

ByPaula Segal 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Government Housing and Homelessness

City Plans Database to Track Promises Made During Rezonings

The system would document every commitment that gets made. One matter for debate: What exactly constitutes a commitment?

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jun 2016

Housing and Homelessness

New Research on How Historic Districts Affect Affordable Housing

A trio of reports out this spring look into density, demographics and development in the city’s landmarked areas.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Delays Next Step in Jerome Avenue Rezoning

A release of the draft scope for the latest area targeted by the de Blasio housing plan will be pushed from May to September to allow more community engagement.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Affordable Housing: How Low Can de Blasio Go?

The administration says it will use subsidies, not zoning, to serve New Yorkers with extremely low incomes. But with all the costs and tradeoffs that entails, how many deeply affordable…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 5Comments

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Apr 2016

NYCHA Uncategorized

CityViews: Saving NYCHA Will Require More Change, Not Less

How can public housing reach fiscal stability despite resident skepticism to its development plans? One housing expert says the key is to transform the whole system and the process that…

ByRoy Strickland 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City’s Empty Spaces: What is the Housing Potential?

The city comptroller identified more than 1,000 sites the city owns that could be used to build affordable housing. We visited several of them to see if the potential was…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Says Tenants Can Apply to Monitor Infill Deals

Stakeholder committees are forming at Wyckoff Gardens and Holmes Towers, the first two developments selected for new construction to create housing that’s 50 percent affordable on NYCHA territory.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Uncategorized

Reporters and Gentrification: Enablers? Chroniclers? Resisters?

Brooklyn Deep’s Third Rail podcast invited City Limits to discuss the role of hyperlocal media in covering development, displacement and ‘the G word.’

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Mar 2016

Uncategorized