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It’s common on the streets of New York to see new neighborhoods rising from old ones. Along the eastern shore of Staten Island, however, a very different process is now…

ByAdi Talwar 1Comment

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Oct 2015

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NYC Officials Quiz Stuy-Town Buyer on Air Rights

Four elected officials are raising questions about the Stuy-Town deal and the little-discussed potential for developers to sell development rights for thousands of off-site apartments.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Oct 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Stuy-Town Deal’s Affordable Housing is Barely So

The fact that the city was able to shape a private real-estate transaction is a feather in the mayor’s cap. But the income levels and term length indicate how…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Oct 2015

Housing and Homelessness Video

Development Spurs Tenant Harassment in Bronx, Groups Say

Community organizations in the Bronx say residential and commercial tenants in areas around the Kinsgbridge Armory and the proposed Jerome Avenue rezoning are seeing higher rents and more harassment.

ByMarc Bussanich 0Comments

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Oct 2015

Housing and Homelessness

How Crowded is New York City? Five Disturbing Facts

The comptroller says housing is getting increasingly crowded, with immigrants and Bronxites feeling the tightest squeeze.

ByJarrett Murphy 6Comments

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Sep 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Chinatown Zoning Plan Meets Resistance in de Blasio Administration

City Planning says it welcomes community-generated rezoning plans. But one such proposal—seven years in the making—is not getting much support.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Sep 2015

Opinion

State Housing Agency: Tips for Tenants and Landlords on MCIs

A state official argues the approval process favors neither tenants nor landlords.

ByCatie Marshall 1Comment

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Aug 2015

Uncategorized

Background to the Council’s Three Tenant Buyout Bills

More on the three measures designed to protect tenants from aggressive buyout schemes.

ByJarrett Murphy 2Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

City’s Tenant Protection Effort Breaks Ground and Ruffles Feathers

The mayor’s housing and rezoning plan could trigger tenant harassment and displacement, so the city is funding teams of tenant specialists to assist renters in affected areas. Some local advocates…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jul 2015

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