Homelessness
Mixed Feelings About Mandatory Savings for NYC Homeless
Sadef Ali Kully |
Advocates say the idea isn’t inherently problematic, but its case-by-case impact bears close monitoring.
In Major Policy Shift, City Makes Credit Checks Optional for Affordable Housing Applicants
Sadef Ali Kully |
The changes will increase access to affordable housing for many New Yorkers across the city, and “reduce the chances of a tenant being denied a unit due to poor credit history.”
Many Reasons Drive City’s Storefront Vacancies, Report Says
Sadef Ali Kully |
A Department of City Planning report that examined 24 commercial neighborhoods across the five boroughs found a small increase in storefront vacancies over the last decade — but says the uptick cannot be blamed on rising rents alone.
Affordable Housing
City Seeks Developers to Build 350 Affordable Units on East Harlem Rezoning Sites
Sadef Ali Kully |
The city is looking for a developer to build affordable housing and community facilities on two East Harlem sites.
city rezonings
Inwood Community Groups Head to Court in Lawsuit Challenging Neighborhood Rezoning
Sadef Ali Kully |
The lawsuit argues the city’s environmental review process for the rezoning failed to examine how it would impact the socio-economic demographics of the Inwood community, including race, income and language.
Brooklyn
Schools, Landmarks and Ecology Are the Focus as Gowanus Awaits Next Rezoning Steps
Sadef Ali Kully |
Advocates and elected officials are taking steps to prepare for the changes likely to come by landmarking historic sites, calling for a designated “eco-district” and raising concerns about school integration around the Brooklyn canal.
city planning
Court Ruling Rebuffs De Blasio Admin Over Manhattan High-Rises
Sadef Ali Kully |
A state Supreme Court judge’s decision released Thursday could send the developers behind proposed four high-rises in Manhattan’s Two Bridges neighborhood back to square one.
Chinatown Working Group
LES Groups Try to Revive Rezoning that De Blasio Admin. Rejected
Sadef Ali Kully |
Community groups and elected officials hoping to stop four high-rises planned for Two Bridges have taken the city to court. Win or lose there, they are also pursuing elements of the Chinatown Working Group rezoning plan that City Planning dismissed in 2015.
The Bushwick Project
Facing Massive Repair Needs, Public Housing in Bushwick is Undergoing a Huge Shift
Sadef Ali Kully |
The Hope Gardens renovations will be the sixth transaction under NYCHA’s Permanent Affordability Commitment Together public and private partnership program.
Albany
Loft Law Update Stirs Tensions Among Tenants, Housing Advocates, Pols
Sadef Ali Kully |
This year’s update left a bad taste in everyone’s mouth, from loft-tenant advocacy groups, to North Brooklyn community groups worried about displacement, to elected officials who say they tried to craft a fair bill.
