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Harry DeRienzo, president emeritus and special advisor at the Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association, reflects on the legacy of New York City housing organizer and advocate Bonnie Brower, who passed…

ByHarry DeRienzo 1Comment

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

In ‘Year Of Housing,’ Hochul’s Budget Leaves Out Anti-Foreclosure Program

The governor’s proposed budget did not include funding for the state-run Homeowner Protection Program, or HOPP, a network of legal service providers and counselors aimed at preventing foreclosures. Program supporters…

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jul 2020

Housing and Homelessness

COVID-19 Hit Hard in Areas With Deep Housing Violations: Report

Housing code violations, rent burdens and mortgage vulnerability were high in some of the areas that saw high coronavirus death rates.

BySadef Ali Kully 0Comments

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Apr 2020

Housing and Homelessness

Confusion Over COVID-19 Mortgage Relief Programs

Worried homeowners endure long wait times when trying to access federal and state resources to avoid foreclosure. Then they learn the limits of those programs.

BySadef Ali Kully 4Comments

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Mar 2020

Economy Housing and Homelessness

New Focus on Homeowner Assistance Program as COVID Squeezes Incomes

Supporters say it looks like a key homeowner-assistance program could be left out of this year’s state spending plan.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2019

Housing and Homelessness

Which NYC Neighborhoods Face the Steepest Displacement Threat?

According to a new report, many of the neighborhoods that show signs of deep vulnerability are where a rezoning has occurred or is in the offing. Is new density the…

BySadef Ali Kully 1Comment

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Feb 2019

Opinion

CityViews: Save the NY Program that Keeps Homeowners Out of Foreclosure

‘This is the type of investment that will pay for itself tenfold by keeping our neighbors in their homes and by keeping our communities strong.’

ByCrystal Peoples-Stokes

BySteven Cymbrowitz

ByKenneth Zebrowski

ByJeffrey Dinowitz 1Comment

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Nov 2018

Opinion

CityViews: Unequal Treatment for Foreclosures in Brooklyn Courts?

There are more than 40 judges in Brooklyn’s civil court. But only three hear residential foreclosure cases. Why?

ByTheodore Hamm 4Comments

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May 2018

Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

The Gray Saga: A Two-Century Struggle to Preserve Black Wealth in Brooklyn

Through the Civil War and Jim Crow, depression and boom, redlining and deregulation, one Black family near the historic Weeksville settlement managed to preserve its hold on the family property.…

ByAimee VonBokel 5Comments

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Sep 2017

Opinion

CityViews: This Three-Step Plan Will Reopen the Door to Homeownership for NYC’s Middle Class

‘We must institute policies and programs to ensure that every New Yorker has access to affordable homeownership. It is how we can revitalize the middle class in New York City,”…

ByLetitia James 7Comments

Bonnie Brower and the Art of Unfiltered Advocacy

In ‘Year Of Housing,’ Hochul’s Budget Leaves Out Anti-Foreclosure Program

COVID-19 Hit Hard in Areas With Deep Housing Violations: Report

Confusion Over COVID-19 Mortgage Relief Programs

New Focus on Homeowner Assistance Program as COVID Squeezes Incomes

Which NYC Neighborhoods Face the Steepest Displacement Threat?

CityViews: Save the NY Program that Keeps Homeowners Out of Foreclosure

CityViews: Unequal Treatment for Foreclosures in Brooklyn Courts?

The Gray Saga: A Two-Century Struggle to Preserve Black Wealth in Brooklyn

CityViews: This Three-Step Plan Will Reopen the Door to Homeownership for NYC’s Middle Class

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