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Ritchie Torres credits the mayor for taking unprecedented steps to shore up the fiscally challenged public housing authority. But he feels that NYCHA’s untapped political power must be harnessed to…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

In Depth

UrbaNerd: Some Numbers on Abandoned Property and Affordable Housing

Some data on the unglamorous, ongoing effort the city makes (and has made for three decades) to preserve housing options for people of limited means.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Tough Fight to Keep Mitchell-Lamas from Going Private

City and state officials say they are doing all they can to preserve a critical affordable housing resource. Some tenants think more action is possible, like requiring coop boards to…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

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May 2016

Investigations

Housing Coverage, Hospital Investigation Win Honors

City Limits’ 2015 reporting has nabbed two honors from the New York Press Club.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

City Slow to Embrace Land Trusts as Housing Tool

The de Blasio administration has shown openness to community land trusts but organizations, not the city, are taking the boldest steps toward trying what backers say offers the best chance…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness

The Day Activists Invaded Donald Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Palace

Thirty-one years ago today, demonstrators furious over generous subsidies to luxury developers descended on a gleaming poster-child for corporate welfare—the flagship property of the man now poised to be the…

ByTom Robbins 0Comments

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May 2016

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Max & Murphy: The Affordable Housing Balancing Act

Gotham Gazette and City Limits take a fair and balanced approach to running through the week’s biggest housing stories.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Advocates Wary of Lawsuit Over City’s Affordable Housing Preferences

A federal court is considering whether federal law prohibits the city’s policy of setting aside 50 percent of apartments in new, subsidized buildings for local residents.

ByJarrett Murphy 5Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

When the Rent Guidelines Board approved a 0 percent hike last year, landlords warned of impending disaster.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 96Comments

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Apr 2016

Uncategorized

Sunset Park Walking Tour: Diverse, Complex, Contested

Join veteran Brooklyn tour guide (and City Limits contributor) Norman Oder, along with neighborhood activist Maria Roca, on a wide-ranging tour of the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

Max & Murphy: Council’s NYCHA Point-Person Says De Blasio Could do More

UrbaNerd: Some Numbers on Abandoned Property and Affordable Housing

Tough Fight to Keep Mitchell-Lamas from Going Private

Housing Coverage, Hospital Investigation Win Honors

City Slow to Embrace Land Trusts as Housing Tool

The Day Activists Invaded Donald Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded Palace

Max & Murphy: The Affordable Housing Balancing Act

Advocates Wary of Lawsuit Over City’s Affordable Housing Preferences

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

Sunset Park Walking Tour: Diverse, Complex, Contested

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