The social housing proposals, known together as the Community Land Act, are the latest attempt to create affordable housing by removing real estate from the speculative market.
The City Council’s just-passed “Rent Transparency Act” will require landlords of buildings with regulated units to display a sign in common areas disclosing that status. “Many tenants living in rent…
“What’s really on the line here isn’t paperwork—it’s power. Without member deference, decisions about what gets built and where shift away from accountable elected leaders and into the hands of…
Despite the South Bronx-East Harlem district being one of the poorest in the city, big-money donors based in Manhattan and Westchester County have invested thousands of dollars in the district’s…
For decades, the number of street vendors has far exceeded the number of permits that allow them to set up shop on New York City streets. A City Council bill…
