Heard Around Town

Policy

Adams shouldn’t cut housing agency budgets, advocates say

Developers and homeless service providers united against the New York City mayor’s budget cut plans.

Housing

Policy

Lawmakers to Hochul: No housing without ‘good cause’

A growing number of state legislators say they’d rather cut housing from the budget completely than approve a deal without tenant protections.

Housing

Policy

Senate open to zoning overrides but Assembly opposed, sources say

Housing is now dominating budget talks as state leaders work towards passing a budget that’s more than two weeks late

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Good Cause is good economic development

Rising market-rate rents are driving workers out of the city and hurting the state’s overall economy. Albany can stanch the bleeding by including Good Cause Eviction legislation.

Interviews & Profiles

Personality

Open New York pushes Hochul’s Housing Compact

An incentive-only approach to encourage localities to meet housing creation targets is a “nonstarter,” the pro-development group says.

Heard Around Town

Policy

Unions join chorus of ‘good cause’ backers

Over a dozen labor groups are calling on state leaders to include the tenant protections in the budget.

Policy

Policy

Lawmakers rally against housing density near New York City Hall

The governor has proposed repealing floor area ratio limits to allow more development. Some prominent Democrats say that amounts to a developer handout.

Policy

Policy

The Legislature doesn’t want to force suburbs to build more housing. Advocates are calling them on it.

Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed aggressive building targets all over the state. Lawmakers roundly rejected her enforcement plans.

Policy

Policy

As local laws fall, leaders call for statewide ‘good cause’ eviction legislation

In a letter to state leaders shared exclusively with City & State, dozens of local leaders pushed for the tenant protections.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Hochul’s budget can’t afford to ignore homeowner protection from deed theft

With the threat of deed theft displacing Black and brown homeowners, $40 million is vital to include in the state budget to create a stronger line of defense.

Housing

Policy

Landlords seek a new $2 billion fund to cover COVID back rent

With money for the current rental assistance dried up, affordable housing operators say state aid can help them pay their bills and keep tenants housed

Housing

Policy

Kathryn Garcia: ‘Things are coming together’ on Hochul’s housing plan

Governor’s bid to build 800,000 units ‘not dead on arrival,’ according to her director of operations

Policy

Policy

Rent protections stand out in state Legislative session

Tenant advocates are confident that “good cause” eviction protections will get approved as part of a broad housing package.

Housing

Policy

New York City’s borough presidents are ready to build

They each have their own priorities for development, but there’s a sense of urgency to create more housing.

Politics

Politics

Being the city’s social services commissioner is a hard job. And Gary Jenkins is leaving at a particularly difficult time.

The New York City shelter population is at a record high, and more homeless New Yorkers died last year than ever before.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Racial Equity Reports are a new and valuable resource for developing affordable housing

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