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

… City leaders backed down from a decadelong fight to build affordable senior housing on the cityowned lot Instead city officials said on … supporting new development to counter the skyrocketing rents forcing some New Yorkers out of the city Just last …

By Celia Young |June 24, 2025 - 4:30PM
How the Democratic candidates for mayor would fix NYC's housing crisis

housing in the city including where it gets built and how to make it affordable for everyday New Yorkers In just two … voting begins June 14th As that pivotal date approaches renters and owners alike have a chance to evaluate which … mayor  Editors note The candidates included in this article are those running in the Democratic primary They are listed …

By Celia Young |June 13, 2025 - 9:30AM
Scott Stringer wants to build ‘Mitchell-Lama 2.0’ and buy up deteriorating NYC buildings for housing

… New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer is pitching a plan to build more MitchellLama housing on city land and use … MitchellLama buildings which offer affordable coops and rental units  His campaign for mayor follows an unsuccessful … but I do think we have a lot of coops especially coops that are affordable that are really struggling with the law and …

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

… affordability crisis is building hundreds of thousands of homes … Hochuls plan to stop source of income discrimination … convert commercial propertiesparticularly officesinto below market housing aiding the citys weak commercial real estate … apartments at the same time  Another would give NYC more authority to legalize existing basement apartments and a …

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