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Before the recession, advocates sounded the alarm about big-time investors paying huge sums for buildings with rent-stabilized apartments and low-income tenants. The concern has returned.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew

ByAmelia Spittal 1Comment

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Jun 2017

Housing and Homelessness

Residents Look for Ways to Reduce the Impact of Massive New LES Skyscrapers

Developers of new towers planned for the Two Bridges area solicited resident feedback on how to address shadows the new buildings will cause and how to target affordable housing the…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 2Comments

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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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Dec 2016

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Admin. Eyes New Zoning Tool to Pair Housing and Industry

Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen announced at a conference on Friday that the de Blasio administration will seek a way to create a zoning code that requires manufacturing uses among a…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Nov 2016

Housing and Homelessness

As Gowanus Rezoning Approaches, Owners on Canal’s Banks Looking to Cash In or Stay Put

Everyone who owns property who spoke to City Limits—perhaps with the exception of some artist owners—are exhilarated by the looming prospect of a rezoning. See an interactive map!

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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Oct 2016

Opinion

Building Justice: How to Undesign the Decades of Racial Redlining that Scar U.S. Cities

We must vehemently reject the basic assumptions of Redlining: that some are inherently more valuable and have more to offer society than others. It will require more than patches or…

ByApril de Simone

ByBraden Crooks

ByCharles Chawalko

ByGregory Jost 2Comments

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Aug 2016

ARTS and CULTURE In Depth Video

Amid Real-Estate Squeeze, Trying to Carve Out Space for NYC’s Emerging Artists

As developers target buildings and neighborhoods that used to offer affordable studio space to artists, more and more practitioners are finding it difficult simply to find a way to do…

ByMelissa Rose Cooper 0Comments

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Jul 2016

Housing and Homelessness In Depth

Not a Pretty Picture: Art Exhibit Depicts NYC’s Mountainous Property-Tax Inequity

The disparities built into the city’s property tax system can be hard to fathom. So one architecture firm tried to tell the story in 3D.

ByGuglielmo Mattioli 1Comment

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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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Jun 2016

Housing and Homelessness Podcasts

Audio: The ‘Architecture of Rupture’ & the Ideology of Private Sky: New York’s New Skyscrapers

A skyscraper is more than just a building. And Manhattan’s new generation of supertall buildings are more than mere skyscrapers. They are an expression, to some, of wealth’s metastasizing supremacy.

ByGuglielmo Mattioli 0Comments

Boom and Bust Have Gone, But ‘Predatory Equity’ Remains a Housing Threat, Say Advocates

Residents Look for Ways to Reduce the Impact of Massive New LES Skyscrapers

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

De Blasio Admin. Eyes New Zoning Tool to Pair Housing and Industry

As Gowanus Rezoning Approaches, Owners on Canal’s Banks Looking to Cash In or Stay Put

Building Justice: How to Undesign the Decades of Racial Redlining that Scar U.S. Cities

Amid Real-Estate Squeeze, Trying to Carve Out Space for NYC’s Emerging Artists

Not a Pretty Picture: Art Exhibit Depicts NYC’s Mountainous Property-Tax Inequity

Trepidation Around Proposal for Regulating Store Rents in NYC

Audio: The ‘Architecture of Rupture’ & the Ideology of Private Sky: New York’s New Skyscrapers

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