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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.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2014

Housing and Homelessness News

Both Sides in Atlantic Yards Dispute Believe in Modular

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…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Brooklyn Tenants Battle Gentrification on Many Fronts

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.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Mixed Views of Gentrification's Threat in East New York

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.

ByGerard Flynn 0Comments

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Feb 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Churches Become Housing in Bushwick

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.

ByIan Marsh 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Government Housing and Homelessness

Advocates Say Armory Fight is Over, But Work Just Beginning

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.

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Cabrera: I'll Vote for Kingsbridge Plan

The Bronx Councilman says he was swayed by last minute concessions by the developer.

ByJordan Moss 0Comments

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Dec 2013

Housing and Homelessness News

Negotiations Over Armory End as Vote Nears

The developer of a proposed ice-center and its community allies are no longer attempting to sway Councilman Fernando Cabrera to support their plan for the Kingsbridge Armory.

ByKate Pastor 0Comments

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Nov 2013

Government

Lessons of Willets Point: Relocation Fears for Workers

In the final installment of our series, a look at the challenges facing workers at the businesses the Bloomberg administration has decided don’t belong there anymore.

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

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Nov 2013

Housing and Homelessness

Lessons of Willets Point: Trading Parkland for Developer's Donation

In the second of part of our series on a development process that spanned much of the Bloomberg administration, we look at how parks fare under this deal—and others.

ByPatrick Arden 0Comments

City Revamping its Affordable Housing Toolkit

Both Sides in Atlantic Yards Dispute Believe in Modular

Brooklyn Tenants Battle Gentrification on Many Fronts

Mixed Views of Gentrification's Threat in East New York

Churches Become Housing in Bushwick

Advocates Say Armory Fight is Over, But Work Just Beginning

Cabrera: I'll Vote for Kingsbridge Plan

Negotiations Over Armory End as Vote Nears

Lessons of Willets Point: Relocation Fears for Workers

Lessons of Willets Point: Trading Parkland for Developer's Donation

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