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City Limits’ Executive Editor Jeanmarie Evelly recently sat down with Vicki Been, former deputy mayor of housing under Mayor Bill de Blasio, for a conversation about the role of community engagement…

ByJeanmarie Evelly 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Hochul’s Housing Approach Stirs Questions About Tenant Protections, Developer Incentives

After failing to pass her ambitious Housing Compact proposal last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul is using a lighter touch on housing—but state and city lawmakers have expressed hope for a…

ByChris Janaro

ByEmma Whitford 0Comments

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Build Housing Where We Need it Most

“Allowing new housing development—in conjunction with other measures to protect tenants and make New York more affordable—is how our city can survive and thrive in the years to come.”

ByZellnor Myrie 16Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Can a Science-Based Approach Break the NIMBY-YIMBY Divide on Housing?

“Despite the growing consensus that New York must build its way out of the housing crisis, NIMBY voices continue to prevail over our state’s most powerful leaders from Governor Hochul…

ByTucker Reed 4Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

With six weeks left until the end of the legislative session, Hochul is already looking ahead, insisting that she will work with Senate and Assembly leaders to address New York’s…

ByEmma Whitford 2Comments

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Apr 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

As NY Budget Drags On, Pressure Builds to Negotiate Tenant Protections

Gov. Hochul’s plan to ramp up construction across the state has emerged as a sticking point in delayed budget talks—making now the time, some lawmakers say, to push for the…

ByEmma Whitford 1Comment

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: How Exclusionary Zoning Perpetuates Segregation in New York

“In the 2020 Census, the New York City metro area was found to be running just behind Milwaukee and Detroit as the third most segregated region of the country according…

ByBraden Crooks 3Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

As New York Leaders Push for More Housing Near Transit, East Bronx Readies for a Rezoning

The Bronx Metro-North rezoning is among the first initiated by the city since Mayor Adams took office, and will look to spur development of 6,000 homes around future train stations…

ByRyan Pullido

ByJeanmarie Evelly 2Comments

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Mar 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

As the state’s budget deadline approaches, Queens democratic lawmakers are at odds over whether it should include a path for legalizing the city’s basement and cellar apartments.

ByEmma Whitford 4Comments

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Mar 2023

Opinion

Opinion: New York’s Suburbs Need Social Housing

“The suburbs need to do their part in providing housing. But relying on the same old market tactics that created this crisis in the first place won’t solve the problem…

ByKatelin Penner 0Comments

Ask a Housing Expert: Getting Communities On Board With New Housing

Hochul’s Housing Approach Stirs Questions About Tenant Protections, Developer Incentives

Opinion: Build Housing Where We Need it Most

Opinion: Can a Science-Based Approach Break the NIMBY-YIMBY Divide on Housing?

Late Session Goals Emerge As Housing Policy Fizzles Out of NY Budget

As NY Budget Drags On, Pressure Builds to Negotiate Tenant Protections

Opinion: How Exclusionary Zoning Perpetuates Segregation in New York

As New York Leaders Push for More Housing Near Transit, East Bronx Readies for a Rezoning

Queens is the Battleground in State Budget Fight Over Basement Apartments

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