La autoridad de la vivienda de la Nueva York (NYCHA por sus siglas en inglés) consiguió equilibrar sus cuentas el año pasado y una infusión de ayuda federal le ayudará a hacerlo en 2021. Sin embargo, el déficit presupuestario de $300 millones de dólares o más acecha a partir de 2022.
The housing authority managed to balance its books last year, and an infusion of federal support will help it do so in 2021. But budget gaps of $300 million or more lurk in 2022 and beyond.
Experts on housing finance and family homelessness joined the Max & Murphy Show to size up the issues that will confront the next mayor.
Breaking down the issue that defined and sometimes derailed the de Blasio administration and the challenge confronting the next mayor.
‘We call on the next mayor to invest… $2.5 billion for affordable housing rental and homeownership opportunities and $1.5 billion for the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and to move the city’s reporting structure away from raw production totals and into more meaningful areas, including racial equity and levels of affordability.’
Andrew Yang talked traffic on Staten Island. Kathryn Garcia called for letting bars and restaurants use more public space. And both Loree Sutton and Mark Levin have called for new czars of public safety and COVID-19 recovery.
Thirteen questions for the candidates, to separate meaty plans from mere paperwork.
Proposals from candidates for mayor and district attorney would bring new levies on Wall Street, residential parking permits, solar panels on NYCHA roofs, and more.
Engagement is the foundation for reversing a historical backlog of distrust that is stalling the agency’s current efforts not only to restore its portfolio to a state of good repair but reinvent itself in a way that better serves tenants in the future.
There was more than COVID to the year of COVID: Housing construction, Industry City, access to welfare, resiliency planning, NYCHA and policing were among the big policy stories that shaped 2020 and will echo into the new year.
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