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    City Council Passes Several Bills Regarding Buildings, Public Housing

    Legislation  •  Citywide

    Image credit: New York City Council.

    The bills provide extended compliance deadlines and information for tenants and property owners. This month, the City Council passed several bills concerning public housing and buildings. The bills touch a variety of issues, from providing NYCHA residents with information about the Mold Ombudsperson, to the Department of Buildings establishing interim certificates of occupancy, and an extension of deadlines for compliance with local laws regarding carbon monoxide detectors and gas system inspections to accommodate the pandemic. (read more…)

    Tags : legislation
    Date:12/28/2020
    Category : City Council
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    City Council Passes Two Bills Aimed to Help Cultural Sector Access Public Spaces

    Cultural Affairs  •  Citywide

    Image credit: New York City Council.

    The program follows the concept of the Open Restaurants program. On December 10, 2020, the City Council passed two bills designed to provide arts and cultural institutions across the city with more access to public spaces in response to the damage to the City’s cultural sector because of the COVID-19 pandemic.  (read more…)

    Tags : arts and culture, Department of Cultural Affairs, Open Culture, open spaces, public events
    Date:12/23/2020
    Category : City Council
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    City Council Passes Three Bills Aimed at Stopping Income Discrimination and Providing Application Updates

    Rental Assistance  •  Citywide

    Image credit: New York City Council.

    The three bills provide transparency and protections for people seeking rental assistance. On October 29, 2020, the City Council voted to approve three rental assistance bills that would address income discrimination and provide more transparency in the rental assistance application process. (read more…)

    Tags : City Council, housing discrimination, rental assistance
    Date:11/23/2020
    Category : City Council
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    City Council Holds Hearing to Address Deed Fraud Crisis

    Deed Fraud  •  Citywide

    Council Member Robert E. Cornegy. Image Credit: NY City Council

    Proposed legislation would include requirements to provide information about how to respond to suspected deed fraud. On October 13, 2020, the City Council Committee of Housing and Buildings and the Committee on Finance held an oversight hearing examining the City’s deed theft and deed fraud crisis, and discussed two bills and a resolution aimed at combatting deed theft: Int 1913, Int 1919, and Res 1427. (read more…)

    Tags : City Council, deed fraud
    Date:11/09/2020
    Category : City Council
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    Industry City Developers Pull Application After Opposition from Elected Officials

    Industry City Rezoning  •  Industry City, Brooklyn

    Council Member Carlos Menchaca speaks in opposition to the Industry City application at the Subcommittee hearing on September 15, 2020. Image Credit: NY City Council

    Many elected officials questioned whether the developers could follow through on promises of job creation. On September 22, 2020, the developers of the proposed Industry City Rezoning pulled their application after receiving opposition from many elected officials and community members. Industry City is a 5.3 million square foot mixed-use complex with commercial, manufacturing, and community uses in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The complex is located in an area bounded by 32nd Street to the north, 41st Street to the south, Third Avenue to the east, and the Brooklyn Waterfront to the west. The application called for four land use actions to allow for the addition of several buildings, lifted restrictions on the types of retail and other uses allowed. For CityLand’s prior coverage of the Industry City project, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : application withdrawn, City Council, City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, Industry City, Rezoning
    Date:09/28/2020
    Category : City Council
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