“Homelessness in New York won’t be solved by denial or tough love. We’ve tried those approaches, and they’ve all failed. The Mamdani administration has a choice: repeat the failures of…
“If universal childcare is free for all, the families who would benefit most over the long-term would likely be those already thriving economically. Meanwhile the financial benefits for those barely getting…
Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams is weighing new appointments to the Rent Guidelines Board in an effort to block Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s pledged rent freeze. But finding candidates willing to take…
A majority of New Yorkers voted to pass ballot measures that change the land use process for affordable housing. But Republican districts and neighborhoods that built less housing are still…
“Rather than rely solely on the new mayor or pundits to interpret the results, the transition tents served as an informal poll of what New Yorkers really wanted.”
Advocates hailed Zohran Mamdani’s victory as a win for rent-burdened tenants, while building owner groups decried his proposed rent freeze as a threat to the city’s stabilized housing stock.
This election has been defined, in part, by debate over how to address the city’s escalating affordability crisis, especially in the face of federal funding cuts.