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

… Garden will remain undeveloped after New York City leaders backed down from a decadelong fight to build affordable … supporting new development to counter the skyrocketing rents forcing some New Yorkers out of the city Just last … Allan Reiver since the 1990s for $4000 a month Yes rent for the 20000squarefoot garden is cheaper than the …

By Celia Young |June 24, 2025 - 4:30PM
Scott Stringer wants to build ‘Mitchell-Lama 2.0’ and buy up deteriorating NYC buildings for housing

… York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is pitching a plan to build more MitchellLama housing on city land and use eminent … MitchellLama buildings which offer affordable coops and rental units  His campaign for mayor follows an unsuccessful … the budget gap its going to be up to Congress and the White House And were certainly going to have challenges for the …

By Celia Young |March 10, 2025 - 3:45PM
State of the state: Hochul’s multi-prong approach to tackling New York's housing crisis

… discrimination  The governor proposed legalizing basement apartments converting commercial buildings to residential … driving people out of our state Hochul said The only thing that will solve the housing affordability crisis is building … complaints about housing discrimination for those using Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers according to a 181page …

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