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750 Grand Concourse, the Bronx property linked to one of three recent cases of a bacterial infection blamed on rat urine, cut its number of housing-code violations by two thirds…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Call for Halt to Aggressive Real-Estate Tactics in East New York

Elected officials and community groups—some of whom blame the recent rezoning for what they say is an uptick in harassment of homeowners and renters—want the area declared a ‘cease and…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 4Comments

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Jun 2016

Government

Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session

Gov. Cuomo’s $20 billion housing plan remains undefined, 421-a is still dead and proposals to alter rent regulations or repeal a cap on building height look unlikely to move.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Economy

Trepidation Around Proposal for Regulating Store Rents in NYC

The Small Business Jobs Survival Act, which would establish a right to commercial lease renewal, has been kicking around City Council for three decades. Then as now, worries about economic…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 10Comments

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May 2016

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Cracking Down on Bad Buildings

Gotham Gazette and City Limits talk over the housing-policy news of the week, from a slowdown on the Jerome Avenue rezoning, to a ranking of neighborhoods by housing risk, to…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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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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Mar 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Will Court Seize Control of this Troubled Brooklyn Building?

The building at 159 Suydam Street illustrates the difficulties involved in applying tenant-protection policies to certain kinds of buildings with a certain sort of landlord.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
Housing Plan Misses the Big Question of How We Got into this Mess in the First Place

Why is the plan to build 200,000 units meeting opposition? Perhaps because that goal fails to address deeper inequalities behind the affordability crisis—or lend itself to simpler, more elegant solutions…

ByGregory Jost 2Comments

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Dec 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Tenants Allege Landlord Flouts Rules, But Still Gets Tax Break

The state and city have cracked down on a number of landlords who get 421-a tax benefits but don’t follow rent-regulation rules. But some reports indicate a wider problem—one that…

ByGenia Gould 2Comments

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Nov 2015

Uncategorized

Worst Landlord List: When Shame Loses its Sting

It’s great to know who the lousy property owners are. But people who fail to provide heat, neglect lead paint or look the other way for rats and roaches are…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

Building Linked to Rat Disease Had Shown Improvement After City Action

Call for Halt to Aggressive Real-Estate Tactics in East New York

Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session

Trepidation Around Proposal for Regulating Store Rents in NYC

Max & Murphy: Cracking Down on Bad Buildings

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

Will Court Seize Control of this Troubled Brooklyn Building?

CityViews:
Housing Plan Misses the Big Question of How We Got into this Mess in the First Place

Tenants Allege Landlord Flouts Rules, But Still Gets Tax Break

Worst Landlord List: When Shame Loses its Sting

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