Mayor Bill de Blasio has a steep hill to climb. His plan to build 80,000 units of affordable housing over the next ten years is very ambitious, beyond what previous administrations have been able to accomplish…
In most of America’s largest cities, post-war public housing towers have been torn down and replaced with more urban designs. New York City is the exception – whether because of the relatively good condition of…
Staten Island is better known for its single-family homes and driveways than multifamily dwellings, but pretty soon, a new apartment tower will rise. This fall, Lighthouse Point on the North Shore, a stone’s throw away from the Staten…
The Stagg Group, an affordable housing developer concentrating on the Bronx, had a busy day yesterday with the DOB. Badaly & Badaly Architects filed permits for two residential buildings, likely below-market-rate, at 2346 Prospect Avenue and…
The West Bronx is teeming with affordable housing developments, and today’s is located in the Fordham section, between the Jerome Avenue elevated 4 train and the D on the Grand Concourse, just north of Burnside Avenue. On…
