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Will neighborhoods accept the mayor’s housing and rezoning plans? Conversations about AMI, FAR, 421-a and other policy particulars will be important. But the mayor must also confront a larger distrust…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Housing Chief Rebuts Critics of East N.Y. Plan

Testifying about a controversial rezoning proposal, the HPD commissioner rejected the idea that city-subsidized apartments would charge rents out of step with prevailing rents or average incomes in the Brooklyn…

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

Can the Bronx Develop Without Displacement?

This weekend, City Limits will moderate a panel discussion featuring a tenant leader, artists and the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development to try to answer that…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Jan 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Cold Enough for You? NYC Heat Complaints Lagging This Year

Baby, it’s cold outside today. In some apartments, it will be cold inside, too, if landlords flout rules for providing heat to tenants.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2015

Opinion

Cuomo, De Blasio Could Deliver a Holiday Miracle for the Homeless

Faith leaders write that they are praying for the governor and mayor to come together on a massive supportive-housing initiative to continue a successful policy effort that began when another…

ByLaura Jervis and Marc L. Greenberg 1Comment

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Dec 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Will the City’s Rezoning Plan for East Harlem Heed Community’s Vision?

An elaborate community planning process underway in East Harlem has the Council speaker’s backing, foundation support, critics and fans. What it doesn’t have is a sense of whether and how…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 3Comments

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Dec 2015

Uncategorized

De Blasio Housing Plan Gets a Boost from Manhattan Beep

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer recommended approval of the mayor’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing plan after the administration agreed to address a range of concerns about the proposal. She rejected a…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Nov 2015

Uncategorized

The Complicated Research on how Gentrification Affects the Poor

Conventional wisdom is that gentrification displaces the poor. Research contradicts that—but it doesn’t paint a simple or fully reassuring picture.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Nov 2015

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

In Mayor’s Fight Against Inequality, NYCHA Chair Faces Toughest Battle

In Bill de Blasio’s effort to create a more equal city, the housing authority—a successful Big Government program that now faces existential threats—is the ultimate test flight. And Shola Olatoye…