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We’ve been talking about mandatory inclusionary zoning since candidate de Blasio proposed it more than two years ago. Finally, public review—and a defining policy battle for the administration—begins.

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Sep 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Chinatown Zoning Plan Meets Resistance in de Blasio Administration

City Planning says it welcomes community-generated rezoning plans. But one such proposal—seven years in the making—is not getting much support.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jul 2015

Opinion

Op-ed: NYU Controversy Shows it’s Time to Rethink City Planning Process

The push to expand NYU’s core campus followed all the rules of the city’s Uniform Land-Use Review Process. But because of flaws in that system, the author argues, community members…

BySylvia Morse 11Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

City’s Tenant Protection Effort Breaks Ground and Ruffles Feathers

The mayor’s housing and rezoning plan could trigger tenant harassment and displacement, so the city is funding teams of tenant specialists to assist renters in affected areas. Some local advocates…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

De Blasio Notes Housing Milestone, Gets Pushback and Praise

The city created or preserved more than 20,000 income-targeted units under the mayor’s affordable housing plan last year, the most in a quarter century.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Jul 2015

Housing and Homelessness

City’s Plan for East New York Tries to Address Gentrification Fears

But there’s still lots of daylight between what the de Blasio administration proposes and what a coalition of local groups and activists wants to see.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Apr 2015

Housing and Homelessness

5 Challenges to De Blasio’s Promise of Inclusive Planning

Mayor de Blasio promises to follow up on campaign promises and bring planning closer to the community. But he’ll face obstacles delivering on those vows.

ByGerard Flynn 2Comments

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness Video

Fear of City’s ‘Good Plan’ for Housing

The lower-income, working-class people along the Jerome Avenue corridor are among the New Yorkers most in need of affordable housing. So why is there so much skepticism about the mayor’s…

ByJarrett Murphy 1Comment

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Mar 2015

Housing and Homelessness

Bronx Sites Where de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Could Go

Moves by real estate companies and analyses from city agencies yield a blueprint for where affordable—and not so affordable—units could go in the borough with the city’s lowest rents and…

ByKate Pastor 3Comments

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Feb 2015

Housing and Homelessness

The 200,000-Unit Question: Is de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Goal the Right One?

Before we argue about how many units the mayor gets credit for in 2014 or how many apartments his plan sets aside for the very poor or the middle class,…

ByJarrett Murphy 4Comments

Read the De Blasio Inclusionary Zoning Proposal

Chinatown Zoning Plan Meets Resistance in de Blasio Administration

Op-ed: NYU Controversy Shows it’s Time to Rethink City Planning Process

City’s Tenant Protection Effort Breaks Ground and Ruffles Feathers

De Blasio Notes Housing Milestone, Gets Pushback and Praise

City’s Plan for East New York Tries to Address Gentrification Fears

5 Challenges to De Blasio’s Promise of Inclusive Planning

Fear of City’s ‘Good Plan’ for Housing

Bronx Sites Where de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Could Go

The 200,000-Unit Question: Is de Blasio’s Affordable Housing Goal the Right One?

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