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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

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

… the city including where it gets built and how to make it affordable for everyday New Yorkers In just two weeks … in NYC to build thousandseven hundreds of thousandsmore apartments than the less than 30000 housing units NYC … Currently eligibility is determined by the area median income the median income for households of different sizes …

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

… Assembly member Michael Blake Tilson criticized the 2019 rent reforms and said that hed work with real estate … that we have layered on so many requirementsfrom scaffolding etcthat we are exacerbating the housing crisis in … is a step in the right direction But 80000 units in 15 years is at best 10 percent of whats necessary So Im going …

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

… In his second bid for mayor former New York City Comptroller … Scott Stringers answers … Local Law 97 … Do you think fines should be delayed or enforced for buildings not in … with NYCHA We found that local residents are not getting hired under Section 3 as is often required under the program …