By: Rachel Holliday Smith | thecity.nyc | Editorial credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com He’s said it over and over again on the campaign trail, a consistent drumbeat of a promise: If elected, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani will freeze your rent. “I’m running for mayor to freeze the rent for every rent-stabilized tenant,” he said in a campaign […]
By: Janet Howard |Photo courtesy: Fenix Suriel/IQ inc. On July 26th, the Bronx Neighborhood Housing Services (BNHS) hosted its Home Ownership Resource Fair, an event that brought together mortgage lenders, insurance companies, city agencies, and elected officials under one roof. The mission was clear: to equip low- and moderate-income families with the tools, knowledge, and […]
By Samantha Maldonado, THE CITY Splitting 31 to 20, those voting in favor cited the high cost of housing, while opponents raised concerns about funding and who will ultimately benefit. A divided City Council gave the go-ahead Thursday on an update of the city’s zoning codes projected to create new capacity to construct up to […]
By Greg B. Smith, THE CITY | Editorial Credit: a katz / shutterstock.com Comptroller Brad Lander’s office found dozens of cases where NYCHA could not document that work the agency had paid for was actually done. The New York City Housing Authority did little to follow up on apartment repairs by hired vendors and in […]