Coronavirus
NY’s 90-day Mortgage Waiver Has Big Limitations
Sadef Ali Kully |
It doesn’t apply to banks and servicers outside the state’s regulatory power. And it allows financial institutions to decide what ‘hardship’ is.
Coronavirus
Several Proposals Circulate for Giving Relief to Tenants Crushed by COVID-19
Sadef Ali Kully |
Among the ideas: allowing tenants to tap into security deposits, creating a $10 billion relief fund, and cancelling three months’ worth of rent and mortgage payments.
Bronx
COVID-19: Scenes from a Shutdown
Jarrett Murphy, Daniel Parra, Jeanmarie Evelly and Sadef Ali Kully |
Our reporters captured scenes of the first full day under the governor’s order for 100 percent of non-essential employees to stay home.
Coronavirus
Following Orders: A Timeline of State and City Action on COVID
Sadef Ali Kully |
As a resource, City Limits has compiled the executive actions taken by Gov. Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio.
Coronavirus
NYCHA evalúa planes para proteger a sus residentes
Sadef Ali Kully |
NYCHA anunció que llevará a cabo una limpieza agresiva de sus complejos residenciales y que distribuirá información entre los residentes.
Coronavirus
Freeze Sought on Rent, Mortgage and Utility Payments as COVID Impact Grows
Sadef Ali Kully |
Housing advocates have called on the city and state to develop a $10 billion relief package that includes a moratorium on rent, mortgage and utility payments
Coronavirus
NYCHA Discusses Plans to Protect Residents from the Virus
Sadef Ali Kully |
NYCHA says it plans to aggressively clean their developments and get information to their tenants about social distancing and preventive methods through email, text, tenant associations, robo-calling and multilingual flyers.
‘Downzoning’: Confrontación por proyecciones de vivienda que condujo al estancamiento de Bushwick
Sadef Ali Kully |
Entre otras disputas, ambas partes discutieron sobre lo que podría parecer una simple cuestión de hecho: si la visión de los locales para el vecindario —el plan comunitario de Bushwick, que la administración rechazó— era o no una re-clasificación de la zona para reducir la intensidad del uso de la tierra.
Mapping the Future
Immediate Steps Seen for Sunnyside Development Plan
Sadef Ali Kully |
The de Blasio administration’s vision will take decades to realize. But in the near term, a subway station must be funded and a nonprofit steering entity created, amid deep concerns from some local advocates.
Mapping the Future
Downzoning Differences: Clash Over Housing Projections Led to Bushwick Stalemate
Sadef Ali Kully |
The two sides disagreed on what might seem like a simple, factual question: whether or not the stakeholders’ vision for the neighborhood was a ‘downzoning.’
