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How do you make underground apartments safer? Many legislators and housing advocates say legalize them.
Though recent events have thrust the issue to the forefront, advocates have been working on the issue of expanding cellar and basement housing units for decades.
Housing
State lawmakers reach a deal to extend the eviction moratorium
Landlords and tenants both have reasons to like the proposed changes to a state housing relief program.
Opinion
The pandemic’s affordable housing opportunity
New York City should retrofit stores, offices and hotels to address the housing shortage.
Housing
Lawmakers are extending eviction moratorium the easy way
A quick deal gives Democratic lawmakers four more months to figure out how to avoid a potential tidal wave of residential and commercial evictions.
Michael Gianaris
How will New York convert unused buildings into housing?
Lawmakers are ironing out the details on a plan to renovate office buildings and hotels. It’ll cost much more than what they’ve set aside.
Interviews & Profiles
Housing
Dueling proposals to convert commercial properties into housing
The plan is enmeshed in state budget negotiations, with a gap between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris.
Housing
Rent hardship declarations spike
The number of renters suffering hardships due to COVID-19 and seeking moratoriums on their rent through May 1, has more than tripled.
Opinion
How the state can make suburbs affordable
New proposals represent progress on suburban affordable housing, but are insufficiently ambitious.
New York City
How COVID-19 has highlighted housing issues
Understanding the tenants’ rights movement.
Housing
NYC’s reluctance to end contracts with notorious nonprofits
The New York Times’ bombshell report about one of the city’s biggest homeless shelter providers points to its inability to hold shelter operators accountable for their troubling behavior.
Housing
Renters, landlords both say the new eviction moratorium isn’t enough
The new law is a temporary patch until lawmakers find a real solution.
Housing
The push for new tenant protections gains traction in Albany
Lawmakers and activists say a new eviction moratorium is the first step in a wider 2021 effort.
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New York City
Stimulus clears Congress and state lawmakers consider a blanket eviction moratorium
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Ideas for a new New York
Experts, advocates and lawmakers on the ambitious policies that could remake New York after the pandemic.
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.
Housing
SoHo rezoning not a safe bet with Manhattan BP candidates
While most expressed at least theoretical support, missing details prevent them from fully committing.
Housing
NYC could ban criminal background checks on potential tenants
The real estate lobby is opposed.
Housing
Federal eviction order prompts calls for further state action
The Trump administration paused evictions until the end of the year, but it won’t cover all New Yorkers.
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