Mandatory Inclusionary Housing
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New York’s Affordable-Housing Tax Break Now Comes With Wage Rules and a Clawback
The Comptroller adopted enforcement rules for the wage requirements in 485-x, the ‘Affordable Neighborhoods for New Yorkers’ tax break – a $40-an-hour floor on…
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Rezonings Across Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx Head to July 1 Hearings
Roughly a dozen rezonings – most with mandatory affordable-housing rules – land at three city hearings between July 1 and July 8, from Williamsburg…
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Bed-Stuy Rezoning Would Add Housing, School Space and Retail Near Park Avenue
A Park Avenue rezoning in Bed-Stuy is moving toward a July 1 City Planning Commission hearing, with records citing a net 481 housing units,…
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Park Avenue Brooklyn Rezoning Leads NYC Records With 481 Homes, $856M Shelter Contracts and East Harlem RFP
A proposed Park Avenue Brooklyn rezoning, citywide hotel-shelter contracts and an East Harlem cultural-space RFP surfaced in official public notices reviewed by NYC In…
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NYC Pied-à-Terre Tax Rules Lead Civic Watch
Official public notices reviewed by NYC In Focus show proposed rules for New York City’s new non-primary-residence surcharge, a worker and consumer restitution fund,…
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NYC Loft Board Rules Lead Housing Watch
Official public notices reviewed by NYC In Focus show the Loft Board tightening fire-and-safety compliance rules for interim multiple dwellings, while supportive-housing awards and…
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Brooklyn Waterfront Plan Seeks Rezoning and Inlet Park Demapping
The Monitor Point waterfront proposal in Greenpoint is headed to City Council review with rezoning, special permits and a request to demap part of…
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Two Hell’s Kitchen Towers Cleared to Rise on Air Rights Bought From Hudson River Park
The city has cleared two Hell’s Kitchen towers totaling 1,094 apartments, with developers paying Hudson River Park for nearly 150,000 square feet of unused…
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Queens Gets Three, Brooklyn Gets The Beach: Four New Housing Zones and $150M in Contracts Moving Now
Four NYC neighborhoods — Fresh Meadows, Corona, Middle Village, and Coney Island — are moving to mandatory affordable housing at once, while the city…
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Three Neighborhoods, One Rule Change: Fresh Meadows, Middle Village, and Coney Island Set for Mandatory Affordable Housing
Three new mandatory affordable housing zones are advancing in Fresh Meadows, Middle Village, and Coney Island — while the city simultaneously moves more than…
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The Maps Are Official: Fresh Meadows, Corona, Coney Island MIH Boundaries Published
The official MIH maps for Fresh Meadows, Corona, and Coney Island are now published. No new applications — just the final boundaries for the…
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THE DENSITY BLITZ: THE TRIBECA TOWER LOOPHOLE AND THE REPARATIONS STUDY
Independent analysis reveals a coordinated push for higher density across Queens and Brooklyn, a legal loophole allowing a new 24-story Tribeca tower to bypass…
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Three Brooklyn-Queens Rezonings, an 80-Person Sanitation Hiring Spree, and $41M in Contracts You Have 72 Hours to Oppose
Three rezonings in Bay Ridge, Carroll Gardens, and Fresh Meadows go to a City Council vote Monday, April 14 — unlocking towers with Mandatory…
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Williamsburg’s 200 Kent Avenue Goes to 14 Stories Tonight — While City Hall Loses a $229K Veteran
Williamsburg’s 200 Kent Avenue goes to a Brooklyn BP vote TONIGHT at 6pm — 5 stories to 14 stories, 143 units with 36 affordable.…
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Queens Is About to Acquire 40 Properties for Parks While Corona Gets a 13-Story Tower — And Both Hearings Are Next Week
Queens will hold a hearing Thursday, April 16 at 9:30am on a plan to acquire 40+ properties across LIC, Sunnyside and Woodside for new…