#Albany sets its sights on landlords

#Albany sets its sights on landlords

“#Albany sets its sights on landlords” Not satisfied with the devastating pain Albany has inflicted on restaurant owners, lawmakers are hoping to deal a similar blow to landlords, with an enormously irresponsible expanded ban on rent evictions that will let virtually anyone skip rent until at least May 1, just by filling out a form….

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#Corey Johnson plots overhaul to NYC housing development

#Corey Johnson plots overhaul to NYC housing development

“#Corey Johnson plots overhaul to NYC housing development” Council Speaker Corey Johnson rolled out a long-shot and long-range plan Wednesday aimed at breaking what he sees a New York City housing development logjam — a plan that would mandate development goals for each of the city’s 59 community districts and then let their individual boards…

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#The NYC City Council’s latest idea for screwing up housing

#The NYC City Council’s latest idea for screwing up housing

“#The NYC City Council’s latest idea for screwing up housing” As if the record vacancies and ever-rising property taxes weren’t enough, the City Council is looking to add a pricey sprinkler mandate on all apartment buildings taller than 40 feet. The Community Housing Improvement Program, a collection of over 4,000 housing providers, estimates that the…

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#New York is about to kill a whole lot of landlords

#New York is about to kill a whole lot of landlords

“#New York is about to kill a whole lot of landlords” Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Trump made sure to protect tenants by banning evictions during the pandemic, but public officials have done almost nothing for property owners. That’s inviting disaster. Many of these landlords, particularly mom-and-pop small-building owners, have been struggling for months to…

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#NYC housing agency glitches leave leaves tenants in cold: audit

#NYC housing agency glitches leave leaves tenants in cold: audit

“#NYC housing agency glitches leave leaves tenants in cold: audit” Thousands of New York City tenants were potentially “left in the cold” because of a glitch with the city’s tracking system that “wrongly” ignored new heat and hot water complaints, a stinging state audit released Thursday claims. The Department of Housing Preservation & Development code…

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#Steering new mobility in the right direction

“#Steering new mobility in the right direction” Multimodal Street with Bicyclists and Curbside Planters .Credit: Cait McCusker Advances in transportation technology—e-scooters and bike share, Lyft & Uber, and autonomous vehicles—are beginning to have profound impacts on cities. New mobility is changing not only how we travel, but also urban form and development itself. In the…

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