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    State Senate To Provide Exception to Floor Area Ratio Cap for City Residential Buildings

    Legislation  •  Citywide

    New York Assembly Chamber. Image Credit: CC-BY-SA-3.0/Matt H. Wade at Wikipedia

    A proposed State bill seeks to give City broad flexibility to increase floor area ratio in residential developments. The New York Senate has introduced bill S6760 by including language in their budget resolution that will amend the State’s Multiple Dwelling Law to provide an exception for the floor area ratio (FAR) cap. Currently, the law provides for a floor area ratio not to exceed 12.0 in New York City. The amendment will introduce language to the provision that will allow exceptions to the 12.0 cap if otherwise provided under the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York. (read more…)

    Tags : FAR, Floor Area Ratio, legislation, residential, State legislature
    Date:04/04/2018
    Category : State Legislation
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    Overhaul of Rent Subsidy Program to Fix New York State Homelessness; Save Hundreds of Millions

    Rent Subsidies  •  Statewide
    Homeless Stability Support

    Assemblymember Andrew Hevesi. Image Credit: NYAssembly.gov

    State Assemblymember may have answer to finally reverse the homelessness trend. Recently, the de Blasio Administration heralded that its efforts to prevent homelessness in New York City have had some success. On September 29, 2016, City Hall announced that thanks to its “unprecedented array of programs” some 7,000 New Yorkers were able to avoid the City’s shelter system. The Department of Homeless Services now shelters 60,000 instead of the projected 67,000 (the projection was largely based on the rapid increase of homeless persons seen after the end of the Advantage program in 2011, approximately 5,000/year). While the population in the City’s shelter system may have been stunted, it continues to grow. (read more…)

    Tags : Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi, City Hall, Mayor Bill de Blasio, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
    Date:11/01/2016
    Category : State Legislation
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    State Legislature Passes Bill to Ban Online Advertisements of Illegal Short-Term Apartment Rentals

    Airbnb  •  Statewide
    Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal

    Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal

    The legislation, which is the first of its kind in the Nation, represents New York’s newest tool in its battle with Airbnb. On June 17, 2016, the New York State Legislature passed the first state bill in the Nation to ban online advertisements for illegal apartment rentals. The bill, sponsored by Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal and Senator Andrew Lanza, seeks to protect the at-risk stock of the City’s affordable housing units, which are illegally rented most prominently through Airbnb. For CityLand’s previous coverage on the bill, click here.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Airbnb, legislation, Linda Rosenthal, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, NYRPTL, State Senator Andrew Lanza
    Date:06/22/2016
    Category : State Legislation
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    Legislation Proposed in NY State Assembly Would Put an End to Online Advertising of Illegal Short-Term Apartment Rentals

    Airbnb  •  Statewide
    Chart displays the percentage of Airbnb's listings offering entire homes in New York City before and after Airbnb took down more than 1,000 of them. Image credit: Tom Slee & Murray Cox

    Chart displays the percentage of Airbnb’s listings offering entire homes in New York City before and after Airbnb took down more than 1,000 of them. Image credit: Tom Slee & Murray Cox

    Elected officials and affordable housing activists unite at State capitol in support of the legislation.  On February 24, 2016, 300 members and supporters of the Share Better coalition rallied at the State capitol in support of Assembly Bill A08704, which would ban most online listings advertising rental apartments for less than thirty days per renter. Bill A08704 was proposed to the State Assembly approximately one month after a report was released to the public that tends to show Airbnb released its site data to the public only after purging its site of more than 1,000 illegal temporary rental listings. The rally was held on the same day Airbnb issued a letter to the State legislature to reassure Assembly Members and Senators of the company’s commitment to working with the City in creating fair rules for operating the home-sharing network.

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    Tags : Airbnb, Assembly Member Francisco Moya, Assembly Member Linda B. Rosenthal, Assembly Member Richard Gottfried, Assembly Member Ron Kim, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Jumaame Williams, Council Member Mark Levine, Goddard Law Project, Housing Conservation Coordinators, MFY Legal Services, New York State Assembly, New York State Senate, Real Estate Board of New York, Senator Adriano Espailat, Senator Leroy Comrie, Senator Liz Krueger, Senator Tim Kennedy, Share Better Coalition, State Senator Andrew Lanza, State Senator Brad Hoylman
    Date:03/01/2016
    Category : State Legislation
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