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Modern buildings under construction on the waterfront in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with the view of Manhattan with Freedom Tower over the East River.

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

… catastrophic for owners and tenants In NYC roughly 34000 landlords rely on federallyfunded Section 8 housing vouchers which pay part of a tenants rent according to a July report from the New York City … mortgage defaults and banking instability particularly in rentstabilized buildings where owners are already warning …

By Celia Young |October 16, 2025 - 10:30AM

Elizabeth Street Garden in Nolita, as seen in November 2023.

Neighborhood Intel

Elizabeth Street Garden won its fight. What does that mean for housing development in NYC?

By Celia Young |June 24, 2025 - 4:30PM

There are nine candidates vying to win voters on the June 24th ranked choice Democratic primary.

Neighbors

How the Democratic candidates for mayor would fix NYC's housing crisis

… voting begins June 14th As that pivotal date approaches renters and owners alike have a chance to evaluate which … This list does not include two independent candidatescurrent Mayor Eric Adams and attorney Jim Waldenand Republican … residential conversion projects He also wants to study why landlords may be keeping rentstabilized apartments vacanta …

By Celia Young |June 13, 2025 - 9:30AM

Neighborhood Intel

Whitney Tilson wants to speed up development and make it easier for small landlords to evict non-paying tenants

… City The mayor will oversee city agencies that regulate landlords the implementation of NYCs landmark climate law … Assembly member Michael Blake Tilson criticized the 2019 rent reforms and said that hed work with real estate … to evict tenants who stop paying and would not support a rent freeze All candidates answered a quick series of …

By Celia Young |March 31, 2025 - 9:30AM