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Ten months after the Biden Administration supplied New York City with a trove of new Section 8 vouchers to house homeless residents, just over 5 percent have actually been used…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Justice

NYC Was Set to Crack Down on Voucher Discrimination, But its Enforcement Teams Keep Shrinking

New York City agencies tasked with cracking down on source of income (SOI) discrimination against renters are being forced to do more with less after hiring freezes, resignations and budget…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Mar 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Mayor’s Budget Proposal Comes Up Short on Homeless Outreach, Shelter Costs: Report

An analysis released Wednesday by the New York City Independent Budget Office estimates the city will need an additional $200 million than what’s proposed in the preliminary budget for shelter…

ByJeanmarie Evelly

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

New York City’s new housing commissioner is returning to public office after a years-long stint working with a quick-to-evict Bronx developer recently subject to a state investigation, raising concerns among…

ByDavid Brand 5Comments

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Feb 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

District Managers Call on NYC to Boost Budgets for Community Boards

“Community Boards are currently being asked to do more with less,” wrote a task force of district managers and administrative staffers in a report released last month. “Especially in the…

ByDavid Brand 8Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations Politics

What Ever Happened to CBAs? The Rise and Fall of ‘Community Benefits Agreements’ in NYC

Once a seemingly promising structure to ensure that real estate groups don’t run roughshod over local neighborhoods in development deals—and still a common practice in other cities—CBAs are now disdained…

ByNeil deMause 3Comments

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Jan 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness

Hochul, Housing and Homelessness: 5 Takeaways from the Governor’s 2022 Plan

Kathy Hochul’s first State of the State proposal included sweeping plans for affordable housing, free legal assistance for low-income tenants and sending social workers into the subways to conduct homeless…

ByDavid Brand 0Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Transportation

Brooklyn Developer’s Rezoning Proposal Would Add 400-Foot Towers to Broadway Junction

The project would create about 664 housing units, two commercial towers and a new park in place of vehicle lots and low-rise buildings in an area that city officials have…

ByDavid Brand 4Comments

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Jan 2022

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness In Depth Investigations

House Flippers Continue to Target East New York. Residents Blame the 2016 Rezoning

Home prices in the predominantly Black and Latino neighborhood began to tick up before then-Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans to rezone 190 blocks in 2014. But affordable housing advocates…

ByDavid Brand 6Comments

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Dec 2021

Economy Government Housing and Homelessness

Newly-Approved SoHo Rezoning Promises Affordable Homes. How Much Will they Really Cost?

While developers will seriously benefit from a chance to build market-rate apartments in one of the city’s most coveted zip codes, the de Blasio administration says the new construction will…

ByDavid Brand 2Comments

NYC Slow to Issue Thousands of ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Rent Vouchers for Homeless Residents

Mayor’s Budget Proposal Comes Up Short on Homeless Outreach, Shelter Costs: Report

Carrión Takes Helm at NYC Housing Agency After Stint as ‘Worst Evictor’ Consultant

District Managers Call on NYC to Boost Budgets for Community Boards

Hochul, Housing and Homelessness: 5 Takeaways from the Governor’s 2022 Plan

Brooklyn Developer’s Rezoning Proposal Would Add 400-Foot Towers to Broadway Junction

House Flippers Continue to Target East New York. Residents Blame the 2016 Rezoning

Newly-Approved SoHo Rezoning Promises Affordable Homes. How Much Will they Really Cost?

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