On February 28, 2024, New York Law School hosted American Castles: 90 Years of Public Housing in New York, a discussion about the history of public housing in New York City. The discussion featured Arvind Sohoni, the Executive Vice President of Strategy and Innovation at NYCHA.
The Center for New York City Law and New York Law School cordially invite you to
Grand Ideals, Broken Promises, and Renewed Commitments in the City’s Existential Challenge to House 500,000 New Yorkers
featuring Arvind Sohoni, Executive Vice President of Strategy & Innovation at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA)
Date and Time: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 5:45 PM
On January 31, 2024, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) announced that Apex Building Group and Bridge Street Development Corporation will be building 116 homes for low-income families at 516 Bergen Street in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. The announcement comes in light of Mayor Adams’ push for affordable housing advancements on publicly owned land. Mayor Adam’s 24 in 24 plan is seeking to create or preserve around 12,000 units of housing … <Read More>
On January 18, 2024, the City Council released the new committee appointments following the start of the new session.
For land use related and adjacent committees, the appointments are as follows:
On June 22, 2023, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) announced plans to develop 200 affordable senior homes in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The project, called Weeksvillage, will be developed by CAMBA Housing Ventures (CHV) on underutilized NYCHA land within the Kingsborough Houses campus.
Here is welcome news. This Fall CityLaw Breakfasts will return to in-person breakfasts at the Events Center at New York Law School. Covid-19 compelled the Law School to go remote and the CityLaw Breakfasts followed into cyberspace. The Law School has in the interim rebuilt the sound and video systems in the large and comfortable Events Center on the second floor of the Law School. We will be back with in-person breakfasts this Fall.