Affordable Housing
Council Committee OKs East New York Rezoning Plan
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
After two years of pressure, protests and plans, the first de Blasio rezoning cleared its first legislative hurdle.
Brooklyn
East New York Deal Looks Likely to Disappoint Many Advocates
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Details were still fluid but it appeared the final deal fell well short of what advocates had been hoping for.
Housing and Homelessness
Advocates Like, and Critique, de Blasio’s Homeless Plan
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Organizations that work on homelessness generally applauded the mayor’s plan and the process behind it. But they are pushing the administration to make deeper policy changes in three key areas.
Affordable Housing
City’s Housing Plan Moves Away from Bolstering Homeownership
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Mayors Koch and Bloomberg devoted significant parts of their affordable housing initiatives to helping families buy their homes. Worries about cost-effectiveness are one reason the de Blasio team has not.
city planning
City’s Staten Island Rezoning Targets Contested Territory
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
In many ways, Bay Street is like corridors in other de Blasio administration neighborhood plans. One difference is the tensions over race, policing and ‘quality of life’ that have played out there.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Councilmember is Man in the Middle of East New York Talks
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Rafael Espinal is putting pressure on the de Blasio administration to tweak the details of the proposed rezoning, as groups skeptical about the city’s plans put pressure on him.
de Blasio
What’s Behind the Rise in City Homeless Shelter Numbers?
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The rising shelter census reflects neither the success nor failure of the de Blasio administration’s approach, but rather a complex mix of promising new policies, lagging efforts and powerful market forces.
Housing and Homelessness
NYCHA Sees New Efforts Offering Less Fiscal Salvation
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The Authority revealed that its financial picture is worse than expected, in large part because it has revised downward its projections of savings and new revenue from the NextGen plan.
Housing and Homelessness
Ayes and Nays on Mayor’s Zoning Changes Pave Way for Bigger Questions
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
The Council vote on MIH and ZQA represented a historic change to the rules of development in New York City and a huge political victory on the mayor. Its impact on the housing market will be unclear for years.
NYCHA
NYCHA Residents: Tenant Input Cut Short on Development Plan
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Residents of the Wyckoff Gardens Houses say NYCHA is blocking genuine tenant input by accelerating its timetable for finding a builder to construct mixed-income housing there.
