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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

… housing developers are gearing up to build under a new mayor but they warn that economic conditions and federal … federal housing assistance all threaten new construction in NYC While developers say theyre ready to work with whoever … built affordable and marketrate residential developments in NYC At the same time whoever succeeds Mayor Eric Adams will …

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

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

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

Neighborhood Intel

Scott Stringer wants to build ‘Mitchell-Lama 2.0’ and buy up deteriorating NYC buildings for housing

By Celia Young |March 10, 2025 - 3:45PM

New York City old fashioned apartment buildings with external fire ladders

Roommates + Landlords

Both landlords and tenant advocates criticize tentative housing deal in New York state budget

… State lawmakers have reached a conceptual agreement on New Yorks $237 billion budget including additional eviction protections for marketrate renters and a new development tax credit Governor … greater than 3 percent of your rent bill or 15 times the regional inflation rate whichever is greater The version of …

By Celia Young |April 16, 2024 - 1:00PM

A high angle view of a traditional residential street Hell's Kitchen, Midtown Manhattan in New York City.

The Market

Nearly one in five NYC renters fell behind on their rent last year

By Celia Young |January 24, 2024 - 12:30PM

overnor Hochul delivered the 2024 State of the State address from a podium on Jan. 9th, 2024.

The Search

State of the state: Hochul’s multi-prong approach to tackling New York's housing crisis

… Kathy Hochul took another stab at an agenda to grow New Yorks supply of affordable housing in her state of the state address yesterdayalong with a plan to protect housing …

By Celia Young |January 10, 2024 - 10:30AM