affordable housing
affordable housing
Lawmakers call on NYCHA to fix its ventilation issues
It could help prevent spikes in coronavirus cases as people spend more time indoors this winter.
New York City
Developers won’t like Scott Stringer’s new housing plan
The New York City comptroller wants to require affordable units in all new developments and eliminate 421a.
affordable housing
New York’s affordable housing solution is hidden in the garage
The state should legalize turning garages into apartments.
New York State
What do the new rent regulations mean, literally?
New Yorkers are getting accustomed to a whole new set of rules after a slew of reforms to protect tenants passed in Albany last week. To make the transition easier, City & State defined a list of key terms to gain a better understanding of what the future holds for the state’s tenants and landlords.
Andrew Cuomo
What’s not in Cuomo’s budget?
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's wide-ranging budget address left out several legislative priorities.
affordable housing
With Democrats taking the state Senate, real estate fears the worst
Strengthening rent regulations for tenants is atop the party’s to-do list, and real estate is bracing for the worst.
New York City
Why AMI are the three most controversial letters in New York housing policy
An explainer on New York City's area median income, and what it means for affordable housing.
New York
Low-income New Yorkers are getting more economically hopeful
More low-income New Yorkers are hopeful that upward mobility is attainable, according to a report by the Community Service Society of New York, but it also finds that 2 out of 3 among them still feel they are in a precarious, if not worsening, economic situation.
Eric Adams
Houses of worship providing affordable housing in Brooklyn
Borough President Eric Adams wants churches to build affordable housing units on their unused tax lots.
affordable housing
5 questions about Shola Olatoye leaving NYCHA, answered
The public housing authority's chairwoman unexpectedly stepped down. Here's why.
New York
Jared Kushner lied to NYC because he could get away with it
The Kushner Cos. filing of false paperwork on rent-regulated units and efforts to expel tenants is a failure of not just the companys integrity, but of state and local law. With the incentive structure of state rent regulations and a two-tiered legal system in which corporations get a slap on the wrist for ripping off the public while the poor go to jail for drug possession, actions like Kushner’s are inevitable.
affordable housing
NYCHA tenants deserve rent abatements for missing heat
The law requires a refund for uninhabitable conditions.
affordable housing
3 myths Trump’s budget proposal wants you to believe about public housing
NYCHA would suffer under Trump's policies that are based on false premises.
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