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    City Comptroller’s Response to Airbnb Guest Commentary

    Scott Stringer

    Image credit: NYC Office of the Comptroller.

    [The following guest commentary is a response to Airbnb’s commentary published here.]

    New Yorkers are facing a growing affordability crisis, and over the years my office has examined many factors that have proven to contribute to the burden of rising prices – including, most recently, a report on the impact of Airbnb on New York City rental prices. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Airbnb, City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, housing
    Date:05/23/2018
    Category : Commentary
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    Guest Commentary: The Truth about Airbnb, Housing, and New York City

    Josh Meltzer

    Image credit: Airbnb

    NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer recently released a report on Airbnb in New York City that is wrong on the facts, wrong on the methodology and wrong in its conclusions. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Airbnb, City Comptroller, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, home sharing, homesharing, housing
    Date:05/21/2018
    Category : Commentary
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    Comptroller Report Finds Airbnb Usage Contributed to High Rent Problem

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide

    Image credit: New York City Office of the Comptroller

    On April 2018, New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer issued a report on the impact of Airbnb on City rents. The report looked at how the home-sharing company impacted rent in the City over the period of 2009 to 2016. The report found that rental rates increases during this time period can be attributed to Airbnb. (read more…)

    Tags : affordable housing, Airbnb, Brooklyn, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Comptroller, Manhattan, rent increase, rents
    Date:05/10/2018
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller’s Audit Reveals Unsatisfactory Conditions In NYCHA Playgrounds

    NYCHA  •  Citywide

    Broken Spiral Slide. Image credit: City of New York Office of the Comptroller.

    549 NYCHA-owned playgrounds have hazardous conditions and lack of repair and maintenance records. On April 4, 2018, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer released an audit of New York City Housing Authority playgrounds’ conditions and maintenance. NYCHA is responsible for the maintenance of each development’s playgrounds. Results from playground inspections are required to be entered into NYCHA’s electronic system for tracking maintenance and physical repair work. However, the Comptroller’s audit shows that NYCHA failed to consistently maintain playgrounds. (read more…)

    Tags : children, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Comptroller, developments, grounds keeping policy, hazardous conditions, NYCHA, playgrounds, policy, safety, Scott M. Stringer
    Date:04/18/2018
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Follow-Up Comptroller Audit Finds Previously Cited Privately Owned Public Spaces Still Non-Compliant

    Comptroller Audit  •  Citywide

    NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. Image credit: Office of the New York City Comptroller

    Audit reveals that Department of Buildings did not inspect non-compliant POPS locations. On November 22, 2017, the Office of the City Comptroller Scott Stringer released a report of a follow-up audit to determine whether the Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS), previously found noncompliant in an April 18, 2017 audit, now provided all required amenities, and what action if any were taken by the Department of Buildings to bring these POPS into compliance. To read CityLand’s previous coverage on the Comptroller’s initial audit, click here. (read more…)

    Tags : Audit Report, City Comptroller Scott Stringer, POPS
    Date:12/05/2017
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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    Comptroller Audit Finds that HPD Review of Affordable Housing Sponsors Was Effective

    Comptroller Audit  •  Citywide

    NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer. Image credit: Office of the New York City Comptroller

    Comptroller audit finds that HPD’s controls to ensure that housing incentives were rewarded to qualified applicants were largely effective. On June 27, 2017, the Office of the city Comptroller Scott Stringer released a report of an audit of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. The audit sought to evaluate whether HPD had adequate controls to ensure that its housing incentive projects were properly awarded to property owners and developers that qualified for the program, had the ability to create or preserve the required affordable units and had a satisfactory record of performance to assure the business’ integrity.   (read more…)

    Tags : City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Housing New York
    Date:06/28/2017
    Category : Comptroller's Office
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