Whoever wins the NYC mayor’s race faces a worsening housing crisis, affordable developers say

… New York Citys affordable housing developers are gearing up to build under a new mayor but they warn that economic … Section 8 housing vouchers which pay part of a tenants rent according to a July report from the New York City …

By Celia Young |October 16, 2025 - 10:30AM
Whitney Tilson wants to speed up development and make it easier for small landlords to evict non-paying tenants

… by partnering with the real estate industry Tilson is one of the many candidates running for New York City mayor As … on the premises I wouldnt change the current regulations What I would focus on though is easing longerterm rentals I … the enemy Its the city government Its not just some NIMBY types antidevelopment types or neighborhood activistswhich …

By Celia Young |March 31, 2025 - 9:30AM
Scott Stringer wants to build ‘Mitchell-Lama 2.0’ and buy up deteriorating NYC buildings for housing

… on city land and use eminent domain to buy crumbling NYC buildings  The mayor will oversee city agencies that … build and use city land to build more MitchellLama buildings which offer affordable coops and rental units  His … fines for noncompliance They may be a way to motivate coop boards to move on Local Law 97 but I do think we have a lot …

By Celia Young |March 10, 2025 - 3:45PM
How to dig up intel on a NYC condo developer before you commit to buying

… their other projects delivered on time and on budget Heres how to find out … Find out the name of the developer … … the developers name will be obvious because its used as a selling point for the building It may also be in the … the plan will have biographies for the developers outlining how long theyve been in the industry and what other projects …

By Emily Myers |January 26, 2023 - 3:30PM