Housing and Homelessness
Planning Commission OKs Two Bridges Development Plan
Sadef Ali Kully |
But three members voted no, voicing objections over the plan and the process.
amazon
What Happened When Seattle Tried to Tax Amazon
Sadef Ali Kully |
Earlier this year, Seattle’s nine-member City Council voted unanimously to tax Amazon to help fund a response to the city’s housing crisis. Then, it voted 7-2 to repeal it. What changed so many minds?
affordability
Comptroller Says Housing Plan is Failing, Calls for More Units for Low-Income NYers
Jarrett Murphy |
Stringer’s plan would shift the remaining 85,000 units of new construction under the mayor’s plan to serve very low-income and extremely low-income families.
Agenda 2019
NYC Residents: Tell Us About Your Gas, Electric, Heat or Water Problems
City Limits |
Have you experienced a utility outage for more than one day since January 1, 2016?
Agenda 2019
Staten Island Rezoning Begins Public Review; 1700 at Risk of Displacement
Sadef Ali Kully |
The launch of the seven-month public review process starts the clock toward the likely rezoning of 14 blocks along the Bay Street corridor.
City Council
Council Weighs Mandating Developers to Create Housing for the Homeless
Sadef Ali Kully |
‘We have the opportunity to change the course for homeless New Yorkers and those on the brink of homelessness and we need to act now.’
Housing and Homelessness
New Data Confirms Familiar Concern: Low-Income NYers Face Harshest Housing Market
Abigail Savitch-Lew |
Even taking Section 8 and other assistance programs into account, it’s still the poorest New Yorkers that struggle the most with housing costs.
Development
First Meeting on Future of Sunnyside Yards Finds Some Wary of Overdevelopment
Jeanmarie Evelly |
‘It’s an exercise in dreaming big,’ Carl Rodrigues, a senior policy adviser to Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen, told attendees.
apartments
Report: ‘Bad Landlords’ are Few in Number but Destructive in Impact
Jarrett Murphy |
According to research out today from the Regional Plan Association, what amounts to a handful of bad landlords is responsible for a vast amount of the city’s poor housing and eviction cases.
City Council
Doubts About Breadth of Small Business Rent Bill Emerge at Council Hearing
Sadef Ali Kully |
Speaker Corey Johnson took issue with the de Blasio administration’s lack of action to address the problem of commercial vacancies. But he also faulted Small Business Jobs Survival Act supporters for resisting changes to the bill.
