By Post Editorial Board Guess what? When it comes to NYC’s social problems, tough love works. The latest evidence comes from the city’s migrant housing efforts. Mayor Eric Adams put in place a policy requiring migrants in shelters to vacate and reapply for a spot after 30 days (60 days for families with kids). This bold step clawed […]
The Comprehensive Plan for Brooklyn Addresses Dual Crises of Housing and Public Health Through Data-Driven Land Use, Policy, and Budgetary Recommendations Almost Every Major City in the World Has a Plan to Guide Growth and Development – Except New York City BROOKLYN, NY – Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso today released “The Comprehensive Plan for Brooklyn,” a […]
Members of New York City’s congressional delegation (l-r): Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Adriano Espaillat, Dan Goldman, Ritchie Torres and Jerrold Nadler. Hiram Alejandro Durán/THE CITY, Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY By Greg B. Smith | SEP 18, 2023 The Biden administration has so far refused to budge on the public housing authority’s request for American Rescue Plan dollars […]
BY GEORGE JOSEPH AND SAMANTHA MALDONADO Four years ago, Deborah Thomas got a call from an unknown number. The stranger on the line introduced himself as Eddie Doran and informed her that he was a new co-owner or soon to be co-owner of her home — a two-story brownstone just blocks away from the upscale restaurants […]
By Senator Gustavo Rivera, via Urban Matters Thousands of asylum seekers from Central and South America have been unscrupulously bused to New York from border states, primarily Texas, often under false pretenses over the last few months. I’m proud that New York is welcoming them to a city built by immigrants and working to uphold […]
New York, NY, USA – Aug 19, 2021: Sign indicating location of Elliott Houses on W 25th St., a NYCHA development. (Shutterstock) By Natalie Rash, Gotham Gazette New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) Chair and CEO Greg Russ spoke at some length Thursday morning about the recently-passed New York City Public Housing Preservation Trust, which […]
First Residential Building of New Mixed-Use Development Includes 183 Deeply Affordable Homes and Cultural Arts Center, With Studio Space for Emerging Artists. Project Will Ultimately Deliver 740 Affordable Homes, Childcare, Wellness Facility, and Supermarket, Replacing Notorious Detention Facility Closed in 2011.
Rendering of The Peninsula campus on the site of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in Hunts Point. Credit: WXY Studios NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today continued efforts to provide New Yorkers with affordable housing options by opening 183 deeply affordable units, in addition to a cultural arts center, on the former site […]
By Clifford Michel, THE CITY The real estate industry is pushing back on a state bill that would limit rent hikes and ensure lease renewals for over a million tenants — launching a house-to-house phone campaign to rally the public against the protections. A new group called Homeowners for an Affordable New York is calling […]