‘Out of the 300,000 units of affordable housing in his plan, the mayor has committed only 15,000 units—five percent—for the homeless.’
‘In many of the nation’s big cities, hunger and homelessness remain rampant. But given that Mayor de Blasio is enacting so many progressive policies to combat poverty, why are these problems still pervasive here?’
The one-year-old Brownsville Plan includes no rezoning and long-sought community resources, but many residents still have concerns about gentrification and the details of implementation.
Almost lost in the drama of the Council’s final votes on the Inwood rezoning was one member’s vow not to negotiate any more changes to the zoning map until the city committed to study the effect of revisions so far.
Bitterly opposed by many neighborhood residents, the rezoning passed the Council with a single no vote.
There will be new tabs added to this tracker before the mayor is done, but it’s not easy to say how many.
This week, the Rent Guidelines Board approved the biggest hike in one-year, rent-stabilized leases of the de Blasio era. Here’s how one Board member explained her ‘no’ vote.
The Center for Economic Opportunity was the high-profile heart of an anti-poverty push that earned Mayor Bloomberg many plaudits and some flak. The initiative lives on under his successor.
In many agencies with headcounts into the tens of thousands, only a handful of people are dedicated to the task of complying with Freedom of Information Law requests.
The Council backs a $212 million proposal for half-price MetroCards for poor families. Mayor de Blasio balks at the price-tag. Why not compromise on free transit for low-income community college students?
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