Housing and Homelessness
Housing Round-up: Rally for Stronger Rent Regs. A Segregation Scorecard. More Development for NYCHA?
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus: Are New York’s banks doing right by the depositors from low-income communities?
Brian kavanagh
Lawmakers: Axe Tax Break for High-End Condos and Coops to Help Fund NYCHA
Jarrett Murphy |
Worth about $572 million in fiscal 2019, it’s the fourth largest tax break affecting city revenues.
Albany
Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City
Jarrett Murphy |
And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?
Agenda 2019
Melissa Mark-Viverito Points to Her Track Record in Bid for Public Advocate
Jarrett Murphy |
The former speaker joined Max & Murphy to talk about NYCHA, the need for a woman’s voice at the citywide level, and what she thinks of the anti-gay comments of a Bronx Councilmember.
Max & Murphy: Council’s NYCHA Point-Person Has Open Mind on the Monitor and Infill Development
Jarrett Murphy |
But Alicka Ampry-Samuel took issue with City Hall appointing a person with no housing expertise as interim head of the housing authority.
Ben Carson
NYCHA Residents Cheer Decision on Monitor, Wait to Learn if They’ll Have a Real Voice
Jarrett Murphy |
‘We cannot relax. We don’t know what this federal monitor is going to do.’
Housing and Homelessness
Tenant Coalition Moving Cautiously on Possible NYCHA Rent Strike
Sadef Ali Kully |
‘We have to take matters into our hands. We cannot solely depend on elected officials because our lives are at stake here.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Help Close NYCHA’s Funding Gap With a ‘Tourist Tax’
Heidi Burkhart |
‘I cannot imagine a tourist would be upset with a new tax, as $1 is easy to muster. Heck, even $2 is easy to swallow when you consider the amazing experiences that New York City affords tourists.’
Agenda 2019
De Blasio Sets Broad Goals for ‘Quality of Life’ in State of the City
Jarrett Murphy |
The mayor talked explicitly about improving the level of ‘happiness’ in New York City as he rolled out proposals for universal healthcare, universal retirement security and mandatory paid leave.
Agenda 2019
Video: Brooklyn Minister Says What NYCHA Needs Most is City Hall Leadership
Jarrett Murphy |
Rev. David Brawley, a leader of Brooklyn NYCHA tenants pressing the mayor for answers, says a lack of trust will hamper many of the initiatives the authority has announced as it tries to save the housing on which 400,000 people depend.
