80/20 living gets trickier when you become a mom

… Park building Now that same 500squarefoot apartment is home to me my husband and our baby I felt the sting … and fleeting I could afford nice things and extravagant vacationsmaybe not as often or as wild as my neighbors but … no choice Nearly all wished they could spend more time at home And the reality was that after childcare costs I …

By Anonymous |December 7, 2015 - 1:59PM
Why NYC is so unaffordable for artists—and what can be done about it

… You can have a bookstore job and a little apartment in the East Village There were so many of us so many like minds You cant … city at all she said Referring to Manhattans many luxury towers which often stand empty because its owners use …

By Alanna Schubach |November 12, 2015 - 8:59AM
Are NYC's affordable housing policies tantamount to segregation?

… New York residents  the New York Times reports the policy violates both the federal Fair Housing Law and the … According to the suit the citys outsiderrestriction policy ignores the negative impact on families in the city … of higher opportunity The last we heard about this policy at the start of the year affordable housing activists …

By Virginia K. Smith |July 9, 2015 - 2:04PM