While the New York City Housing Authority’s grand “Land Lease” infill plan, proposed in the waning months of the Bloomberg administration, was highly controversial, other affordable housing projects have been wedged in between the voids…
East New York has emerged as the first neighborhood that’s likely to be considered for rezoning by the de Blasio administration. And while YIMBY contributor John Petro has written about what might be in store, a permit…
For the nation’s hottest housing market, the number of building permits being handed out in New York City is pathetic. While permits issued in other major U.S. cities have rebounded since the recession, the Wall…
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…
