With “construction as harassment” a burgeoning problem throughout the city, about 100 people filled Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer’s office….
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‘Disgusting’: Trump Son-in-Law’s Tenants React to His White House Job
For tenants in Jared Kushner’s buildings, seeing their landlord getting a top position in the White House is as nightmarish….
Tenants Rip Plans to Resurrect 421-a Tax Breaks
Pushing to resurrect the 421-a tax subsidy for new housing construction, Governor Andrew Cuomo urged the Legislature to convene a….
MCI Loophole Enables Massive Rent Increases
Marco Angel thought his apartment was fine the way it was. Angel, a 43-year-old lawyer with combed-back black hair and….
Three California Cities Vote Rent-Control Laws
Rent-control initiatives put on ballots in several San Francisco Bay Area cities by residents trying to deal with crushing housing….
Seven California Cities to Vote on Rent Control
With housing costs in the San Francisco Bay Area skyrocketing, five suburban cities will vote this November on whether to….
Council Begins Considering Right to Lawyer in Housing Court
On Sept. 26, more than two years after it was first proposed, the City Council held its first hearing on….
Residentes de Inwood ganan la batalla de rezonificación, ahora enfrentan un plan más grande
Alrededor de 300 personas se apiñaron en la esquina de Broadway y la Avenida Sherman el 15 de agosto, una tarde….
Inwood Residents Win Rezoning Fight, Now Face Bigger Plan
Some 300 people packed the corner of Broadway and Sherman Avenue on Aug. 15, a steaming evening on the blocks where….
Study Finds Two-Thirds of City Losing Ground
New York City is rapidly losing its ability to house low-income people, the Community Service Society said in a report….
Trump: The Art of Housing Segregation
Donald Trump’s record of racism goes well beyond the loudmouth bigotry of his rants against Mexicans and Muslims. His family’s….
East New York Faces Rezoning
East New York became the first neighborhood to be rezoned for Mayor Bill de Blasio’s mandatory inclusionary zoning plan on….
Affordable Housing: No Unions Need Apply
One group that is definitely not happy with the de Blasio affordable housing program is the city’s construction unions. The….
De Blasio Housing Plan Two Years In: Ambitious, but Not Much for Lower Incomes
Two years after Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his plans to build 80,000 units of affordable housing and “preserve” another….
Croman Arrested!
Manhattan landlord Steve Croman, whose harassment of tenants in the more than 140 buildings he owns has made him notorious….