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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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Sep 2016

NYCHA Uncategorized

CityViews: What RAD Means for NYCHA Residents

The Rental Assistance Demonstration is one way NYCHA is trying to close its budget gap and address huge maintenance backlogs.

ByRachel Fee 0Comments

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Aug 2016

Opinion

Building Justice: As Tenants Fought to Save the Bronx, Race was in the Background

Discrimination and segregation shaped the existential crisis that faced many Bronx neighborhoods in the 1970s and 1980s. But in the building by building fight for decent conditions, a veteran advocate…

ByJim Buckley 0Comments

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Jun 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Intense NYCHA Engagement Effort Could Soften Infill Opposition

The authority has held 40 meetings with residents at two developments targeted for the construction of new housing, talking out principles to guide each project. There are signs the effort…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jun 2016

Government

Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session

Gov. Cuomo’s $20 billion housing plan remains undefined, 421-a is still dead and proposals to alter rent regulations or repeal a cap on building height look unlikely to move.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 0Comments

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May 2016

Podcasts

Max & Murphy: Cracking Down on Bad Buildings

Gotham Gazette and City Limits talk over the housing-policy news of the week, from a slowdown on the Jerome Avenue rezoning, to a ranking of neighborhoods by housing risk, to…

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

When the Rent Guidelines Board approved a 0 percent hike last year, landlords warned of impending disaster.

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 96Comments

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Apr 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

NYCHA Says Tenants Can Apply to Monitor Infill Deals

Stakeholder committees are forming at Wyckoff Gardens and Holmes Towers, the first two developments selected for new construction to create housing that’s 50 percent affordable on NYCHA territory.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Mar 2016

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Tenants Balance Skepticism, Realism on Plan to Save NYCHA Site

No, the Rental Assistance Demonstration project is not a plot to privatize public housing or displace current residents of NYCHA’s Ocean Bay Apartments. But tenants do need to have a…

ByAbigail Savitch-Lew 1Comment

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Jan 2016

Uncategorized

CityViews:
Housing Plan Misses the Big Question of How We Got into this Mess in the First Place

Why is the plan to build 200,000 units meeting opposition? Perhaps because that goal fails to address deeper inequalities behind the affordability crisis—or lend itself to simpler, more elegant solutions…

ByGregory Jost 2Comments

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

CityViews: What RAD Means for NYCHA Residents

Building Justice: As Tenants Fought to Save the Bronx, Race was in the Background

Intense NYCHA Engagement Effort Could Soften Infill Opposition

Unsettled Housing Issues Dog End of Albany Session

Max & Murphy: Cracking Down on Bad Buildings

Can NYC’s Landlords Afford Another Rent Freeze?

NYCHA Says Tenants Can Apply to Monitor Infill Deals

Tenants Balance Skepticism, Realism on Plan to Save NYCHA Site

CityViews:
Housing Plan Misses the Big Question of How We Got into this Mess in the First Place

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