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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.
Affordable Housing
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
By Celia Young |June 13, 2025 - 9:30AM
A photo of Whitney Tilson
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
A photo of Scott Stringer
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
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
By Celia Young |January 10, 2024 - 10:30AM
Construction works on Fifth Avenue (5th Avenue) with heavy industrial machines and workers in Manhattan in New York City, USA
The Market
NYC launches program to help developers finance new affordable rental developments

… A new program aims to increase affordable housing development across New York City through city subsidies tax … MIMI at the end of 2023 a year marked by a slowdown in development after the expiration of the popular 421a tax … XI the project would have to be carried out by a Housing Development Fund Company according to the programs …

By Celia Young |January 8, 2024 - 11:00AM
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New Construction + Condos
How to dig up intel on a NYC condo developer before you commit to buying
By Emily Myers |January 26, 2023 - 3:30PM