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Jul 2022

Pledged Amenity Space at Atlantic Yards Was Never Built. What Will That Mean for Promised Affordable Housing?

The developer’s failed promise to build a glass-enclosed public plaza in front of the Barclay’s Center is a bad sign for its other pledges to the community yet to be…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 4Comments

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Jul 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness NYCHA Politics

Mayor’s Housing Plan Still ‘Thin on Details,’ Councilmembers Say

Eric Adams’ “Housing Our Neighbors” blueprint is missing key details about how to track and accomplish its broad goals, according to critics. City officials pledged to include the updated benchmarks…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Let the J-51 Property Tax Abatement Die, Too

“The governor and New York State Legislature should begin a process of discarding all property tax abatements that primarily serve the interests of landlords and developers (not tenants), and end…

ByMarty Rowland 3Comments

27

Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

In Wake of SoHo Rezoning, Development Divides a Manhattan Assembly Race

With New York City mired in a historic affordability crisis, the Lower Manhattan Assembly race between Deborah Glick and challenger Ryder Kessler appears to be a microcosm of a broader…

ByDavid Brand 7Comments

17

Jun 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

When Developers Promise Community Benefits, Who Holds Them Accountable?

One big problem with Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs), experts say, is that they’re not laws, but rather private contracts between a developer and community groups. And if those groups aren’t…

ByNeil deMause 7Comments

14

Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Here’s How NYC’s $101 Billion Budget Addresses Homelessness

The new budget directs $2.4 billion to homeless services in the coming fiscal year, invests billions more in housing over the next decade and funds an increase to rental assistance…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Justice Podcasts

City Watch: Reckoning With New York City’s Affordable Housing Crunch

Non-profit developers and tenants rights advocates have also been sounding the alarm on the need to create more income-restricted apartments across the five boroughs and to keep existing renters stably…

ByDavid Brand 1Comment

01

Jun 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Forget 421a—New York Needs Radical Reform to Solve Housing Crisis

” We propose a new hybrid financing model that would combine a land value tax (LVT) and community land trusts (CLTs) to address New York’s changing fiscal environment as well…

ByJohn Choe

ByMarty Rowland 2Comments

27

May 2022

Economy Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Why We Need Better Place-Based Economic Development Policies

Our elected leaders can bring about meaningful improvement in the economies of particular places through policies that address what we’ve learned from the shortcomings of the Opportunity Zone incentive and…

ByEdward De Barbieri 1Comment

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Apr 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: To Protect Chinatown and the LES, Pass the Two Bridges Community Plan

“It’s easy to cast all opposition to developments as NIMBY, but this ignores crucial racial and economic differences between neighborhoods and disparities in who has the power to decide the…

ByChris Walters 0Comments

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