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Why We’re Launching a Newsletter on Housing
Jarrett Murphy |
Our new newsletter, Mapping the Future, will focus on housing issues of importance to people who live in New York City
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Two Bridges Foes Win a Round in Suit Over Mayoral Power
Sadef Ali Kully |
A judge reserved judgement on cases challenging the power of the mayor to decide when a project can escape public review but kept in place a restraining order on building work.
Age Justice
What’s it Like Growing Older in the NYC Homeless Shelter System?
Roshan Abraham |
For senior citizens and the disabled, life in the shelters—and the effort to exit to a permanent home—bring unique challenges.
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Weighing in on Zoning Dispute, City Board Says a Target is Not a Department Store
Amir Khafagy |
The proposed Target store could be considered too large for zoning on a site in Jackson Heights. But city officials will allow it anyway because most of its square footage will be underground.
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Budget Could Boost City’s Nascent Community Land Trust Movement
Sadef Ali Kully |
The de Blasio administration has shown some openness to community land trusts, which offer a promising new approach to providing affordable housing in New York City. Now the Council is being called on to fund next steps.
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Call for City to Lawyer-Up Against Landlords Who Shun Tenants With Vouchers
Jarrett Murphy |
Advocates want the de Blasio administration to boost the legal staff that goes after landlords who allegedly violate a 2008 law banning discrimination based on the type of legal income used to pay rent.
Age Justice
Patrons of a Senior Center Slated to Close Wanted to Improve, not Move
Harry DiPrinzio |
At one of the 12 centers that NYCHA plans to close, seniors lament the pending loss of a familiar facility. They believe the rationale for closure was manufactured by poor services that drove visitor numbers down.
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Key Councilmember Threatens to Block Rezoning Over Displacement Data
Sadef Ali Kully |
Rafael Salamanca said a rezoning slated for his district would be ‘dead on arrival’ if the de Blasio administration did not provide estimates of how many residents and businesses might be displaced.
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Most of the Rent Regulations Debate is Pretty Simple. Then There are MCIs.
Jarrett Murphy |
MCIs can be used to effect necessary repairs on rent-stabilized buildings. And MCIs can be used to get around rent guidelines and permanently hike what tenants pay. In theory, at least, both statements are true.
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Max & Murphy: London Lessons for Public Housing in New York?
Jarrett Murphy |
When Margaret Thatcher’s plan to sell off public housing to tenants left hundreds of thousands of deteriorating apartments and low-income families behind, the Brits came up with a different approach.
