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Why Downtown’s Cool to Rent Control
Here’s an interesting piece by the Post’s Steve Cuozzo commenting on an issue raised in a recent Wall Street Journal article regarding rent stabilization coverage in the Financial District. It seems...
View ArticleHousing Affordability is in the Mind of Observer
The release of a recent report by the Center for Housing Policy highlights one of the themes of this blog – what does housing affordability mean. The report, entitled “Losing Ground: The Struggle of...
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Preaching to the Choir on Housing. At last week’s debate, New York’s mayoral...
NICOLE GELINAS 28 January 2013 At last Thursday night’s mayoral debate on housing policy at an East New York church, Joseph Lhota, the Republican newcomer to the race,distinguished himself by being...
View ArticlePrivate Developer Asked to Provide Permanent Affordable Housing??
Hundreds of units of new rental housing are being delayed by tenant advocates who insist that affordable housing within the development be provided on a permanent basis. The over-reaching threatens not...
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Mayor Defends Increased Fines and Penalties as Revenue Raisers
Property owners have long believed that many City fines and penalties (Sanitation summonses, in particular) were issued with the City’s budget needs in mind more than public safety concerns. Now, we...
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NYCHA’s lawsuit…fair to property owners?
Tenants in a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) project have brought an action in Housing Court to compel NYCHA to fix long-standing repair problems in Lower Manhattan’s Smith Houses or to pay...
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