Urban Planning and Policy Archives

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Mayor de Blasio’s housing plan was full of ambition and ideas. Achieving them will require streamlining and rearranging the city’s housing development system, says HPD’s commissioner.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

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Sep 2014

Housing and Homelessness

Housing Plan Targets Vacant Lots; Some Neighbors Leery

The administration sees city-owned vacant lots as potential sites for affordable housing. Communities that use—or hope to use—those parcels for gardens see them as something else.

ByAdam Wisnieski 0Comments

08

Sep 2014

Housing and Homelessness News NYCHA

NYCHA Points to Progress on Maintenance Issues

In light of a report about the deterioration of conditions during the Bloomberg years, the authority says the picture has changed under Mayor de Blasio.

ByJarrett Murphy 0Comments

25

Jul 2014

Government Opinion

Participatory Budgeting: Catch the Fever!

First there were four. Then there 10. This year 22 Councilmembers will let constituents decide how to spend money. The dollar impact is impressive. The democracy impact could be even…

BySondra Youdelman 0Comments

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Jul 2014

Housing and Homelessness NYCHA

Groups Prod NYCHA to Keep Promises on Mold

Six months after a landmark settlement was signed committing the housing authority to a comprehensive attack on potentially deadly fungus, advocates are optimistic but say they’ve seen little action.

ByKen Thorbourne 0Comments

20

Jun 2014

Education Opinion

NYC Needs More College Counselors

The school system has made college readiness a priority. A key—and often missing—ingredient to a successful transition to college is for kids to have some guidance getting there.

ByBeth Zasloff and Joshua Steckel 0Comments

19

Jun 2014

Education

College Readiness: One Star Student's Struggle

Shevanna Cole’s high-school performance was so sound it got her on NY1 and into a private college. But that didn’t mean the transition to undergraduate life was easy.

ByJessica Siegel 0Comments

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Jun 2014

Education

Getting Kids Ready for College, Beyond the Classroom

“College readiness” is the new education buzzword. But being prepared for college is about more than academic training, especially for kids who are the first in their families to attend.

ByJessica Siegel 0Comments

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Jun 2014

Housing and Homelessness Justice NYCHA Opinion

NYCHA Safety Depends on More than Cops or Cameras

Amid outrage over the stabbing of two children in a public-housing elevator, the author calls for solutions that go beyond increased policing or even surveillance cameras to include partnering with…

ByJin Hee Lee 0Comments

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Apr 2014

Justice Opinion

Does Poverty Cause Child Abuse?

Poor parents are no more likely to hurt or neglect their kids, the author argues. They’re just more likely to be punished for failings both real and imagined.

ByDawn Post 4Comments

City Revamping its Affordable Housing Toolkit

Housing Plan Targets Vacant Lots; Some Neighbors Leery

NYCHA Points to Progress on Maintenance Issues

Participatory Budgeting: Catch the Fever!

Groups Prod NYCHA to Keep Promises on Mold

NYC Needs More College Counselors

College Readiness: One Star Student's Struggle

Getting Kids Ready for College, Beyond the Classroom

NYCHA Safety Depends on More than Cops or Cameras

Does Poverty Cause Child Abuse?

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