Affordable Housing
Housing Update: Bay Street Rezoning Moves Forward, City Presents Bushwick Draft Plan
Harry DiPrinzio |
It was a busy week for news related to New York City housing. Here’s a roundup of what you might have missed.
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
Opinion: NYC Needs a More Aggressive Approach to Testing and Fixing Lead Poisoning
Jocelyn Howard |
‘New York City needs to speed up its work to make NYCHA housing safe. Rather than painstakingly testing every unit before acting, the city instead should operate on a ‘contains lead until proven innocent’ model.’
Housing and Homelessness
Housing Round-up: Rally for Stronger Rent Regs. A Segregation Scorecard. More Development for NYCHA?
Jarrett Murphy |
Plus: Are New York’s banks doing right by the depositors from low-income communities?
Brian kavanagh
Lawmakers: Axe Tax Break for High-End Condos and Coops to Help Fund NYCHA
Jarrett Murphy |
Worth about $572 million in fiscal 2019, it’s the fourth largest tax break affecting city revenues.
Albany
Trump Budget Bashed, Lead Rules Tightened: Housing Headlines from Around the City
Jarrett Murphy |
And who’s afraid of the pied-a-terre tax?
Agenda 2019
Melissa Mark-Viverito Points to Her Track Record in Bid for Public Advocate
Jarrett Murphy |
The former speaker joined Max & Murphy to talk about NYCHA, the need for a woman’s voice at the citywide level, and what she thinks of the anti-gay comments of a Bronx Councilmember.
Max & Murphy: Council’s NYCHA Point-Person Has Open Mind on the Monitor and Infill Development
Jarrett Murphy |
But Alicka Ampry-Samuel took issue with City Hall appointing a person with no housing expertise as interim head of the housing authority.
Ben Carson
NYCHA Residents Cheer Decision on Monitor, Wait to Learn if They’ll Have a Real Voice
Jarrett Murphy |
‘We cannot relax. We don’t know what this federal monitor is going to do.’
Housing and Homelessness
Tenant Coalition Moving Cautiously on Possible NYCHA Rent Strike
Sadef Ali Kully |
‘We have to take matters into our hands. We cannot solely depend on elected officials because our lives are at stake here.’
CITY VIEWS: OPINIONS and ANALYSIS
CityViews: Help Close NYCHA’s Funding Gap With a ‘Tourist Tax’
Heidi Burkhart |
‘I cannot imagine a tourist would be upset with a new tax, as $1 is easy to muster. Heck, even $2 is easy to swallow when you consider the amazing experiences that New York City affords tourists.’
