While housing advocates say the budget deal included a major victory for tenants––creating a multi-billion dollar program for rent relief––it included less funds for NYCHA and homelessness prevention than stakeholders…
Everyone from rent-stabilized renters to rent-controlled tenants to people who live in mobile-home parks would be affected by the reforms, which now await action by Gov. Cuomo.
‘Simply put, the impact of this tax credit deferral would be a reduction in the industry’s ability to build and preserve much-needed housing for low- and middle-income New Yorkers –…
‘In this moment, it’s worth repeating: We need action. Words of support for immigrants and people of color in this moment are nice, but they will not be enough.’
It’s an annual rite of mid-winter: The mayor of New York City travels to the state capitol to give his take on the governor’s proposed budget, and state legislators pelt…
The chief strategist behind the eight-year effort to get congestion pricing back on the table, Alex Mathiessen, joins City Limits and Gotham Gazette to discuss how we got here, what…
‘Stronger rent laws will not only protect tenants and preserve regulated apartments in Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village and beyond; they will also allow the city’s to target critical preservation resources…