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The de Blasio administration says the parcels sold off this week wouldn’t work for affordable housing, but some advocacy groups believe the city is shedding potentially valuable assets. Watch a…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Sep 2015

Opinion

Affordable, Multifamily Housing: Ready for the Next Storm?

As we approach the third anniversary of the devastating storm, a veteran housing policy expert says it’s time to revisit the lessons learned—and changes made—since then. If another disaster strikes,…

ByLaurel Blatchford 0Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Bed-Stuy is Focus of Concerns Over Fate of Community Gardens

The city has identified 181 small city-owned sites for potential affordable-housing development. Eighteen currently have community gardens on them. Ten of those gardens are in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

ByCole Rosengren 2Comments

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Jun 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Timeline of Failure: How NYS Got to a Rent Laws’ Lapse

As of now, New York State has no rent regulations. But it has plenty of blame to go around.

ByJillian Jonas 1Comment

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Jun 2015

Uncategorized

Loss of 330,000 Affordable Apartments Seen

Advocates disputed media reports that efforts to reform 421-a and repeal vacancy decontrol—two priorities of Mayor de Blasio—were dead, as a report found a huge loss of affordable apartments from…

ByJillian Jonas 1Comment

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

The Price of Housing Preservation: Linden Plaza’s Saga

During the Bloomberg administration, rents were hiked dramatically at one Brooklyn complex in order to keep it operating. The city believes the move preserved a Mitchell-Lama development. Some tenants say…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Rent-Regulated Tenants in Limbo After East Village Gas Explosion

In the aftermath of the deadly March 26 blast, rent-stabilized tenants whose apartments were destroyed may have a right to return—depending on what happens at the site and who’s deemed…

ByHeather Dubin 6Comments

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May 2015

Opinion

A Call to Ban Landlords’ Non-Rent Fees to Tenants

Fees for appliances like washing machines or air conditioners, legal fees, and other miscellaneous charges are confusing to tenants, often unexplained or unjustified and above all unaffordable.

ByJoseph Cepeda and Erin Markman 0Comments

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May 2015

Opinion

New York’s Rent-Reg Reforms Must Go Further

A tenant praises the mayor’s stance against vacancy decontrol and other aspects of the current system. But she argues that problems with preferential rents must also be addressed when Governor…

ByNatasha Creese 5Comments

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May 2015

Uncategorized