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  • March 2013

NYCHA promueve planes de vivienda de lujo para llenar espacios vacíos

by Steven Wishnia Issue March 2013

La Autoridad de la Vivienda de la Ciudad de Nueva York (New York City Housing Authority, NYCHA) ha pospuesto temporalmente….

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  • March 2013

Most New ‘Affordable’ Housing Isn’t, ANHD Report Says

by Steven Wishnia Issue March 2013

Most of the “affordable” housing built by the Bloomberg administration is too expensive for the majority of New Yorkers, according….

New housing built on a former parking lot at the Elliot-Chelsea Houses project in Manhattan. Some apartments rent for more than $3,000.
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  • March 2013

NYCHA Advances Plans for Infill Luxury Housing

by Steven Wishnia Issue March 2013

The New York City Housing Authority has temporarily postponed plans to lease land for luxury housing in eight public-housing projects….

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  • February 2013

Mayoral Hopefuls Offer Limited Specifics on Housing

by Steven Wishnia Issue February 2013

If New York’s next mayor were selected based on the applause they got when they talked about  housing at a….

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  • February 2013

Evictions Rise Again in City

by Steven Wishnia Issue February 2013

City marshals evicted more than 28,700 residential tenants in New York City last year, according to Department of Investigation figures….

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  • December 2012

Stuy-Town Owners Agree to Pay $69 Million for Rent Overcharges

by Steven Wishnia Issue December 2012

After a year and a half of negotiations, the owners of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village have agreed to pay tenants….

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  • November 2012

Chinatown Group to Keep Pushing for Low-Income Housing

by Steven Wishnia Issue November 2012

The City Council voted unanimously Oct. 11 to approve a massive Lower East Side development plan, but neighborhood activists vow….

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  • October 2012

Hoboken to Vote on Vacancy Decontrol

by Steven Wishnia Issue October 2012

Next month, voters in Hoboken, N.J., will decide on whether to change the city’s rent-control law to allow a complex….

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  • September 2012

California Outlaws Online-Only Rent Payments

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2012

California has enacted a law prohibiting landlords from requiring tenants to pay rent online. The State Senate and the Assembly….

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  • September 2012

Bronx Mitchell-Lama Tenants Fight 65% Rent Increase

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2012

Two days before they were to be hit with the first installment of a 65 percent rent increase, tenants at….

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  • September 2012

Landlord Agrees to Add Lesbian Tenant’s Wife to Rent-Stabilized Lease

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2012

Regina Hawkins-Balducci has finally gotten her wife’s name on their lease—but she had to threaten to sue her landlord first…..

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  • September 2010

Ecuador Struggles to Guarantee Housing Rights

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2010

In August, I spent three weeks in Ecuador with the Cultural Caravan for Peace & Solidarity Through Latin America, a….

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  • September 2010

Espada, Other Dems Well Paid for Blocking Rent-Law Reform

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2010

Real-estate money accounts for nearly half of state Sen. Pedro Espada’s campaign funds, according to state Board of Elections figures….

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  • September 2010

Court Says Gluck Illegally Raised IPN Rents

by Steven Wishnia Issue September 2010

Overruling a decision by the state housing agency, State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman on Aug. 30 ruled that it….

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Inquilinos ‘ocupan’ la RGB mientras ésta aprueba un aumento de 4% y un impuesto de pobres

by Steven Wishnia July 24, 2012

“Chequeo de micrófono” fue la llamada de la parte de atrás del salón, junto con cantos de “Congelación de alquileres”,….

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