Bronx
Putting the Cart Before the Market
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In neighborhoods without supermarkets, the city is encouraging an alternate supply of fruit and vegetables.
Bronx
AIDS Advocates Want Bigger Housing Program
Jon Whiten |
Help needy New Yorkers and save money in the long run, supporters tell a balky administration.
Manhattan
The City's Latest Hirings and Retirings
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In recent months, players in NYC’s public and nonprofit spheres found the grass greener in places like the Casey Family Foundation, the Alliance for Downtown New York – and graduate school.
Housing and Homelessness
Strategies Emerging To Preserve Starrett
Rachel Nielsen |
On one side of Starrett City’s huge stock of affordable apartments is a list of demands, and on the other, polite urgings.
Bronx
When Wall St. Comes To 139th St., Tenants Worry
Adam Pincus |
Rent-stabilized residential apartments are a relatively new element in the portfolio of big-money investors. Public records reveal what happens when their returns are pushed as hard as energy and tech investments.
Bronx
'Not In Very Good Shape': Fixing the Middle Schools
Ray Hainer |
A task force just delivered the results of its months of studying the poor-performing middle schools. Its chairman sums up the challenges ahead.
Bronx
Developers' Incentives: Now With More Caveats
Rachel Nielsen |
The 421-a program finally gets its makeover – and this month saw plenty of other affordable housing developments, too.
Bronx
Redrawing the 421-A Formula For Tax Breaks and Housing
Jillian Jonas |
Developers will still get tax breaks for building housing in NYC, but with more strings attached.
Manhattan
EFFORTS FLOWERING THIS SPRING
TO SAVE MITCHELL-LAMA PROGRAM
Rachel Nielsen |
Which bills will pass, and which apartment buildings will go to market rate? Tenants and owners’ pocketbooks will soon feel the outcomes.
Manhattan
AN 'ACT' THAT MEANS ACTION:
HOUSING BILL REQUIRES REPAIRS
Jillian Jonas |
A new measure says if landlords don’t correct housing violations, the city will; meanwhile, some hope the state will follow suit and create a new kind of enforcement board.
