Housing

Residential buildings sit on a Crown Heights block.

Anti-Poverty Groups ID Property Taxes as a Culprit in Affordable Housing Shortage

March 31, 2025, 5:01 a.m.April 4, 2025, 3:25 p.m.

Rental apartments are assessed at far higher rates than houses, the Community Service Society and Progress and Poverty Institute find, while a major court case attacking inequities grinds on.

Environment

Brooklyn Apartments Tap Into the Earth for Heating and Cooling

March 21, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 25, 2025, 10:06 a.m.

Subterranean climate control systems are gaining steam across the city, promising greater efficiency and cheaper electric bills.

A rendering shows plans for an echo-friendly affordable housing development at 1946 E. 7th St. in Gravesend, Brooklyn.

Climate Change

Brooklyn Senior Housing Project First to Get on Green Fast Track Approval Process

March 3, 2025, 5:00 a.m.March 2, 2025, 11:50 a.m.

A development in Homecrest takes advantage of new rules aimed at halving pre-planning review for some environmentally sensitive apartment projects.

Developers submitted renderings for the One45 residential building to Community Board 10.

Housing

Harlem Community Board Rejects Massive One45 Development

Feb. 5, 2025, 11:18 p.m.Feb. 6, 2025, 12:10 p.m.

The plan has faced significant community pushback over the years, and would add hundreds of apartments to the neighborhood.

Mayor Eric Adams rubs the Tree of Hope stump on stage at the Apollo Theater before giving his State of the City address.

City Hall

Adams Touts Massive Housing Push in State of City Speech Aimed at Families

Jan. 9, 2025, 3:49 p.m.Jan. 9, 2025, 3:49 p.m.

Alongside grand ambitions to build 100,000 new places to live just in Manhattan, the mayor said he also wants to expand various programs for youth.

A hiring app s in Grand Central Terminal in a walkway where homeless people congregate.

Housing

Most Street-Homeless Housing Applicants Never Get a Shot, Inside Stats Show

Jan. 6, 2025, 5:00 a.m.Jan. 6, 2025, 1:36 p.m.

City agencies tracked nearly 1,000 homeless people as they waited for ive housing. Just 18% obtained a spot, despite thousands of vacant units.

Pro and anti-Airbnb demonstrators clashed in City Hall Park after a bill was introduced in the City Council to make it easier for some homeowners to provide short-term rentals, Dec. 9, 2024.

Housing

Should the Council Revisit Airbnb Restrictions? Rival City Hall Rallies Fight it Out.

Dec. 9, 2024, 5:56 p.m.Dec. 9, 2024, 7:20 p.m.

Homeowners demanding a fresh chance to host visitors confronted tenants and hotel workers in a heated confrontation over who wins and loses in the short-term rental economy.

Housing

Council Approves Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda, With Many ‘No’ Votes

Dec. 5, 2024, 5:29 p.m.Dec. 6, 2024, 7:57 a.m.

Splitting 31 to 20, those voting in favor cited the high cost of housing, while opponents raised concerns about funding and who will ultimately benefit.

First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer speaks at a City of Yeas housing rally in City Hall Park.

Land Use

Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda Ekes By Council Committees Mostly Intact

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:17 p.m.Nov. 22, 2024, 2:24 p.m.

Compromises to continue parking-construction mandates and rein in backyard apartments still leave capacity to build 80,000 more units, the mayor’s team says.

A garage on West 61st Street just outside of the proposed congestion pricing zone, Sept. 7, 2022.

Housing

How Parking Will Drive the Coming Adams-Council Housing Development Deal

Nov. 19, 2024, 8:37 p.m.Dec. 3, 2024, 2:50 p.m.

Eliminating mandates to create spots for cars is key to creating more apartments in the mayor’s sweeping City of Yes proposal heading to a crucial vote Thursday — but a compromise that could halve new housing is in the works.

Housing

Anti-Poverty Groups ID Property Taxes as a Culprit in Affordable Housing Shortage

Brooklyn Apartments Tap Into the Earth for Heating and Cooling

Brooklyn Senior Housing Project First to Get on Green Fast Track Approval Process

Harlem Community Board Rejects Massive One45 Development

Adams Touts Massive Housing Push in State of City Speech Aimed at Families

Most Street-Homeless Housing Applicants Never Get a Shot, Inside Stats Show

Should the Council Revisit Airbnb Restrictions? Rival City Hall Rallies Fight it Out.

Council Approves Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda, With Many ‘No’ Votes

Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ Housing Agenda Ekes By Council Committees Mostly Intact

How Parking Will Drive the Coming Adams-Council Housing Development Deal

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