The 12-1 vote by the City Planning Commission reflected all the contours of the larger debate over the de Blasio housing plan: Some lauded the city’s efforts to serve low-income…
The president’s 2017 budget proposal includes a proposal to end child homelessness. The proposal will go nowhere—even though it’s entirely doable and cheaper than what we are doing now.
“Simply put, inviting significantly more building in low-income communities without guarantees that most or all of the new housing will be affordable to current residents may increase, not reduce, the…
Legislation, politics and math shape Area Median Income, the measurement often at the center of the debate over whether New York’s new affordable housing will help those who need it…
From student protests to the People’s Firehouse to the picket lines and strategy sessions of tenant activism, Jay Small was a garrulous and upbeat presence in the movement to make…
Where will the Council accept the mayor’s two sweeping zoning proposals? Where will they push back? And what’s next as the de Blasio housing plan continues to take shape? Ben…
The de Blasio administration’s intention to rezone parts of East New York and a corridor along Jerome Avenue have generated a lot of heat. A quieter discussion is taking place…
In recent years, federal housing resources have stayed flat or even decreased, forcing state and city governments to do more with less. It’s time to change that.