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    Requests for Proposals Sought For Affordable Housing Developments At Two Hudson Yards Sites

    Housing Preservation & Development  •  Affordable Housing  •  Hudson Yards, Manhattan

    Two sites located at Hudson Yards will be used for future affordable housing development. On April 9, 2018, Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer announced the release of a Request for Proposals that seeks qualified teams to develop two city-owned sites into mixed-use affordable housing developments. The sites are located in Hudson Yards in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods. (more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, developments, Hudson Yards, proposals, requests for proposals
    Date: 04/16/2018
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    DDC Report Reflects Faster Construction Due to COVID Changes In Procurement Process

    Department of Design and Construction  •  Reports  •  Citywide

    Department of Design and Construction Logo Image Credit: DDC

    The Department of Design and Construction has been able to complete capital projects quicker while still adhering to budgets and utilizing Minority and Women-owned Business Enterprise while under COVID-19 contracting rules. On March 30, 2021, the New York City Department of Design and Construction released a report on how construction under the less restrictive procurement and contracting rules put in place due to the pandemic has helped to complete City capital projects much quicker than normal. The report, entitled DDC 2020: Delivering Innovation In A Challenging Year, explains how the Department was able to use alternative construction methods normally not available. (more…)

    Date: 04/13/2021
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    Borough Based Jails Set to Take First Steps in 2020

    Office of the Mayor  •  Borough-Based Jails  •  Citywide

    Aerial View of Rikers Island Photo Credit: US Geological Survey

    The City wastes little time in efforts to shutter Rikers Island and get construction across the boroughs started. Since the latter half of November, the City announced three major developments in the Borough-Based Jails plan. Each announcement is discussed in further detail below. To read more about Borough-Based Jails, read Cityland’s prior coverage here.

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    Tags : Bill de Blasio, borough based jails, department of corrections, Department of Design and Construction, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rikers Island
    Date: 12/04/2019
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    School Construction Authority Responds to Bronx Borough President Report

    School Construction Authority  •  School Facilities  •  Citywide

    Image credit: School Construction Authority.

    The report requested school space studies as a part of ULURP among other recommendations.  In response to this article, on September 23, 2019, the School Construction Authority contacted Cityland to respond to Bronx Borough President Rubin Diaz Jr.’s recommendations. (more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., School Construction Authority, Schools, ULURP
    Date: 10/01/2019
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    Center for NYC Neighborhoods Hosts Panel on Affordable Homeownership

    Housing Panel  •  Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    From Left to Right: Keynote panelists Christie Peale, Colvin Grannum, Commissioner Vicki Been, and moderator Matthew Hassett. Image credit: Center for NYC Neighborhoods

    From Left to Right: Keynote panelists Christie Peale, Colvin Grannum, Commissioner Vicki Been, and moderator Matthew Hassett. Image credit: Center for NYC Neighborhoods

    The keynote panel focused on the issues and challenges raised by affordable housing creation and preservation in New York City.  On September 30, 2015, the Center for NYC Neighborhoods held its conference on the Future of Affordable Homeownership in NYC.  The event was hosted at New York Law School and sponsored by NYLS, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, the Center for Real Estate Studies, the Center for New York City Law, and several other public and private institutions.  The panel included Vicki Been, commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Colvin Grannum, president and CEO of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Christie Peale, executive director of the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, and moderator Matthew Hassett, director of policy and communications at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Department of Finance, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Housing New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York Law School, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Vicki Been
    Date: 10/05/2015
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