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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
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

… is one of the many candidates running for New York City mayor As the race heats up Brick Underground is interviewing … city agencies that regulate landlords the implementation of NYCs landmark climate law Local Law 97 and new construction … and can we do something to reduce the costs … Shortterm rentals … Would you support rolling back NYCs shortterm …

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

… is in the midst of a housing and affordability crisis so we must explore every creative idea to deliver the relief … qualify for the program a projects affordable units must be rentstabilized for at least 30 years Rents need to be set at a level affordable to a New Yorker …

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

… is the sponsor This is the legal entity behind the condos construction and your first step is to find out who this is  … to check out their other projects Its fairly easy to do an online search for other projects by the same developers and … through your own online searchesor both Check if they are licensed to work in NYC  … Figuring out the quality of the …

By Emily Myers |January 26, 2023 - 3:30PM