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State Finally Releases $450 Million Promised to NYCHA
Harry DiPrinzio |
The state money will go towards elevator and boiler replacements, but those projects won’t be completed for at least another three years.
Housing and Homelessness
Housing Update: One in Ten Public School Students Experienced Homelessness
Harry DiPrinzio |
Landlords that wanted to raise rents are falling behind. Housing Works employees are unhappy with their working conditions. And tenants put their landlords on trial.
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Should the City’s Housing Plan Make NYCHA its Centerpiece?
Harry DiPrinzio |
Bill de Blasio’s housing plan, like every modern mayor’s, focuses on private apartments, not public housing. There’s a growing sense that saving NYCHA will require a different orientation—right now.
Government
Evidence of Growing Need for Capital in the City’s Aging Parks
Harry DiPrinzio |
There are signs decades of too little maintenance funding and of a greater need facing aging parks across the city—something advocates says could amount to a looming crisis.
News
Property Owners and Advocates for Tenants Clash Over Impacts of New Rent Laws
Harry DiPrinzio |
A rare discussion between a tenant leader, a real estate industry rep, pro-poor policy analyst and a Corcoran broker exposed divergent rhetoric about the state’s updated rent stabilization laws.
Housing Update: Rep. Velazquez Pushes for Federal Public Housing Funds
Harry DiPrinzio |
Plus: A deflating sales market in Manhattan and a two-year backlog of rent overcharge complaints.
affordability
Rent Calculation Problems Dog Many NYCHA Tenants
Harry DiPrinzio |
Tenants and advocates say NYCHA’s annual and interim review processes leads to routine overcharges and drags tenants into years-long disputes.
Housing Update: Meet the Organizer Behind the Passage of the Tenant Protection Act
Harry DiPrinzio |
Plus: how homeless shelters affect property values, a landlord fined for threatening to call ICE
City’s Housing Data Drop: Longer Shelter Stays. More Permanent Housing. NYCHA Rent Collection Lags.
Harry DiPrinzio |
The 2019 Mayor’s Management Report was full of interesting and esoteric statistics from the city’s various agencies.
Housing and Homelessness
Housing Update: Sanders’ Housing Plan Incorporates Ideas from NYC
Harry DiPrinzio |
Plus, a lifeline for senior housing, a glut in luxury condos and reports of ‘good faith’ deposits.
