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    HPD, Elected Officials, Project Partners Break Ground on New Supportive Senior Housing in Mott Haven

    Senior Housing  •  Mott Haven, Bronx

    Agency officials, elected officials and project partners break ground on a new 152 unit senior housing development in Mott Haven. Image Credit: HPD/Joseph Lara

    The project will bring 152 units of affordable and supportive housing to the South Bronx. On September 10, 2019, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, the New York City Housing Development Corporation (HDC), the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), and the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance/Homeless Housing and Assistance Corporation (OTDA/HHAC), elected officials and project partners broke ground on “Betances Residence,” a new senior housing project. The project is located at 443 East 142nd Street between Willis and Brook Avenues in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Breaking Ground, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., council member diana ayala, HDC, HPD, Passive House standards, senior housing, supportive housing
    Date:10/08/2019
    Category : Department of Housing Preservation & Development
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    School Construction Authority Responds to Bronx Borough President Report

    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. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., School Construction Authority, Schools, ULURP
    Date:10/01/2019
    Category : School Construction Authority
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    Bronx BP Releases Report Calling for School Construction Authority Reform

    School Construction Authority  •  Citywide

    Bronx Borough President Rubin Diaz Jr.’s Proposed Changes to the School Construction Authority aim to address overcrowding and other issues. Image Credit: Bronx Borough President’s Office

    Report outlines action plan for the School Construction Authority to address public school overcrowding and cost proposals. On September 4, 2019, Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. released a report outlining an action plan for the School Construction Agency to address public school overcrowding and school construction cost proposals. The School Construction Authority is charged with the building and maintenance of public school space in New York City. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., education, School Construction Authority, Schools
    Date:09/23/2019
    Category : Borough President
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    Bronx Borough President Allocates Capital Funding to Poe’s Cottage

    Landmarks  •  Fordham, Bronx

    Image Credit: Bronx Borough President

    The Cottage is one of 101 projects the Borough President has provided capital dollars for this year. On August 14, 2019, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announced that he will provide the Edgar Allen Poe cottage with $450,000 in capital funding through his 2020 Fiscal Year budget. Poe Cottage, built in 1812, is known for being horror writer Edgar Allen Poe’s final home. The Cottage is now a historic house museum and is a New York City and State landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Landmarks, The Bronx
    Date:08/22/2019
    Category : Borough President
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    Bronx Borough President Issues Proposal to Preserve Preferential Rent Housing

    Preferential Rent  •  Citywide

    Image Credit: Google Images.

    Borough President Diaz proposes new policy to prevent homelessness and displacement of tenants of preferential rent units. On December 13, 2018, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr. issued a report titled “The Preferential Rent Crisis in New York City.” The report examines the scope of the preferential rent issue in all five boroughs and the risk tenants of preferential rent apartments face should landlords increase their rents to the legal registered rent for those units. The report argues that it would cost the City billions of dollars to respond to such an occurrence, as over 145,000 families could end up homeless if all preferential rents were increased at once. To prevent such drastic spending by the City, the Borough President Diaz recommends a solution that will help preferential rent tenants remain in their homes, while making it worthwhile for landlords to continue charging preferential rents. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, affordable housing crisis, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., preferential rent, Preferential Rent Crisis in NYC, property tax incentive
    Date:01/17/2019
    Category : Borough President
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    City Planning Approves 425 Units of Affordable Housing in Soundview, Bronx

    ULURP  •  Soundview, Bronx

    Project Rendering. Image Credit: CPC.

    Two mixed-use buildings, containing 425 affordable residential units for families and seniors, will be developed in Soundview, Bronx. On October 18, 2017, the City Planning Commission issued a favorable report on an application for a zoning map and text amendment by the Park Lane Residence Company. This application will facilitate the development of two mixed-use buildings with 425 affordable housing units in Soundview, Bronx. The project area is bounded by Turnbull Avenue to the north, Lafayette Avenue to the south, Pugsley Avenue to the east, and White Plains Road to the west. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., Bronx Community Board 9
    Date:11/30/2017
    Category : City Planning Commission
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