Telling the Story of Cities
An Introduction for newcomers to the City Gabriel Negrón Torres briefly introduces the City of Yes Zoning for Housing Opportunity with some of its more preeminent proposals to address the housing crisis in New York City By: Gabriel Negrón Torres Whether from other parts of the States or a foreign country, you just arrived in… Read more What is the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity?
U.S Supreme Court declines to hear rent stabilization cases Source: Politico On February 20, the Supreme Court denied requests to hear the appeals of two cases relating to New York City’s Rent Stabilization Law (RSL). The two cases came from trade organizations and the owners of apartment buildings in New York City, who believe the… Read more NYC Rent Stabilization is Safe, For Now
The fight over housing affordability and density in Cupertino captures the struggle for the soul of suburban America. Cupertino, California is in some sense, not special at all. It’s a classic postwar suburb with leafy subdivisions of single-family homes connected by arterial roads and freeways and a population of 60,000 people. An hour south of… Read more Suburban Skylines: One tech suburb’s struggle to grow and keep its character
As part of the Harlem Is Not For Sale movement, organizers are rejecting the typical income thresholds for their own affordable housing demands. Under the metal gas station canopy, the winter breeze intensifies on a calm Saturday afternoon in late January. A small crowd of about 50 people gather, holding signs and speaking into megaphones… Read more Harlem Organizers are Building Their Own Criteria for Development
Legislators ought to support the proposal, rather than water it down, and actually tackle the housing crisis New York governor Kathy Hochul’s ambitious “New York Housing Compact” proposal is at risk of being gutted during the state budget negotiation process. Earlier this month, the New York State Assembly and Senate each released their own budget… Read more Governor Hochul’s proposed Housing Compact would be transformative – but it’s at risk