CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: More Housing is the Progressive Choice
James Lloyd |
“More housing at any income level lowers nearby rents. We progressives should therefore be fighting for new housing with every bone in our bodies.”
Housing and Homelessness
Won Greenlights 3,200-Unit Astoria Development, Paving Way for Council Approval
David Brand |
The latest version of the Innovation Qns plan features 1,436 income-restricted apartments, around 45 percent of the total. “We have set a new precedent for building affordable housing on private land,” the neighborhood’s Councilmember Julie Won said in prepared remarks ahead of the vote.
Government
Building in Bushwick? Councilmember Lays Out Priorities for Rezonings
David Brand |
In a document issued Monday, Councilmember Jennifer Gutiérrez laid out her priorities for any new development that requires changes to the zoning code in one of the city’s most intense real estate markets. Under the City Council’s informal tradition of member deference, local members have effective veto power over land use applications in their districts.
housing insecurity
City’s Immigrant Families Saw Higher Rates of Rent Burden, Overcrowded Homes in 2021: Report
Daniel Parra |
Among immigrant-headed households with children, 52 percent experienced rent burden in 2021, a new study describes, compared to 48 percent of households with kids headed by native-born New Yorkers. Non-citizen immigrants specifically saw the highest rates of rent burdened households: 55 percent for those without children and 59 percent of those with children.
Housing and Homelessness
NYC Pilots ‘Housing First’ Plan for Handful of Homeless Adults
David Brand |
The program run by the organization Volunteers of America-Greater New York has been called a positive first step, though the 80 units represent a sliver of New York City’s vacant supportive housing stock.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: An All-of-the-Above to Fix NYC’s Housing Crisis
Valerie White |
“We’re long past the point where we can squabble over one solution versus another. We have so many tools at our disposal—far too many of them sitting around gathering dust. It’s time we treat the housing problem like the crisis it is.”
2022 election
Why They Voted: New Yorkers Share What Drove Them to the Polls
CUNY Lehman Journalism Team |
Nearly 1.7 million residents across the five boroughs turned up to vote for the next governor in Tuesday’s general election—up significantly from the June primary, but still lower than the number of ballots cast in the last gubernatorial race in 2018.
Housing and Homelessness
Meet the New Buildings Commissioner Replacing Eric Ulrich
David Brand |
New Acting Commissioner Kazimir Vilenchik is an engineer and veteran Buildings Department official with previous experience in the private sector.
2022 election
Hochul, Zeldin and Housing: A Breakdown
David Brand |
The candidates in the race for New York governor have vastly different platforms on housing. To start, Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, has a housing plan. Republican challenger and U.S. Congressman Lee Zeldin does not.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: How the Other Half Still Lives in NYC Housing
Sateesh Nori |
“In 1890, Jacob Riis photographed and documented the inhumane conditions of tenements in New York City: the lack of light, air, space, and basic sanitation. Today, 132 years later, much of New York City’s housing stock is still bad: unsafe water, broken elevators, mold, lack of heat, roaches, and rats.”
