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    City Council Hears Testimony on Inclusionary Housing Transparency

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide

    Chair of the Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Jumaane Williams. Image credit: NYCC/William Alatriste

    City Council Committee heard testimony on legislation to codify reporting requirements for the Department of Housing Preservation and Development regarding inclusionary housing and affordable units. On June 19, 2017, the City Council’s Committee on Housing and Building held a hearing on a package of five bills. Four of the bills concerned the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s reporting requirements for affordable housing developments. The fifth bill concerned the definition of residency in the City’s lead abatement law. (read more…)

    Tags : City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Daniel Dromm, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Department of Housing Preservation and Development
    Date:06/22/2017
    Category : City Council
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    Council Committee Approves Six of Twenty-one Construction Safety Bills

    Construction Safety  •  Citywide

    Council Member Margaret Chin. Image credit: NYCC/William Alatriste

    Housing Committee approves six pieces of legislation from package of 21 bills on construction safety, more to follow including apprenticeship bill. On April 24, 2017, the City Council’s Committee on Housing and Buildings approved six bills from a package of 21 on which the Committee heard testimony on January 3st. For CityLand’s prior coverage of that hearing, click here. Chair of the Committee, Jumaane Williams, noted that the Committee planned on approving some of the remaining fifteen bills soon, including the controversial Intro. 1447-2017 which would require all construction workers citywide to participate in an apprenticeship program or have commensurate work experience. (read more…)

    Tags : City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Barry Grodenchik, Council Member Eric Ulrich, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Council Member Margaret Chin, Council Member Rosie Mendez, Crane Operation
    Date:04/26/2017
    Category : City Council
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    Council Housing Committee Holds Hearing on Fiscal Year 2017 Executive Budgets

    Proposed Budget  •  Citywide
    The Joint Committee on Housing and Buildings and Committee on Finance hearing the public's testimony. Image credit: The Office of Council Member Jumaane D. Williams.

    The Joint Committee on Housing and Buildings and Committee on Finance hearing the public’s testimony. Image credit: The Office of Council Member Jumaane D. Williams.

    The respective budgets provide for increased operating funds to implement new departmental initiatives. On May 11, 2016, the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings and the Committee on Finance jointly held back-to-back public hearings on the Department of Buildings’ and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s Fiscal Year 2017 Executive Budgets, respectively, which seek to provide each Department with an increased budget to implement the new initiatives introduced within the respective Executive Budgets.

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    Tags : City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Executive Budget Hearings, Finance Committee
    Date:06/07/2016
    Category : City Council
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    Mayor Bill de Blasio Signs into Law Domestic Violence Housing Discrimination Ban and Green Construction bills

    Legislation  •  Citywide
    Mayor Bill de Blasio signing legislation into law with Council Member Jumaane Williams standing to his right. Image credit: The Office of Council Member Jumaane Williams

    Mayor Bill de Blasio signing legislation into law with Council Member Jumaane Williams standing to his right. Image credit: The Office of Council Member Jumaane Williams

    New York City Council Member and Deputy Leader Jumaane Williams sponsored both bills, which were signed alongside a green building construction bill sponsored by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito.  On March 28, 2016, Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law two major pieces of legislation, sponsored by New York City Council Member and Deputy Leader Jumaane Williams, respectively titled the Domestic Violence Housing Discrimination Ban and the Green Construction bills. City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito sponsored a bill aimed at increasing eco-friendly, City-owned buildings, which was signed on the same day at Council Member Williams’ bills.

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    Tags : City Council, City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, human rights law, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date:04/01/2016
    Category : City Council
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    City Council Holds Rally, Public Hearing on Illegal Hotel Legislation

    Legislation  •  Citywide
    From Left to Right: Council member Ydanis Rodriguez, Council member Helen Rosenthal, State Assembly member Deborah Glick, and Council member Mark Levine speak at the rally against illegal hotels. Image credit: CityLand

    From Left to Right: Council member Ydanis Rodriguez, Council member Helen Rosenthal, State Assembly member Deborah Glick, and Council member Mark Levine speak at the rally against illegal hotels. Image credit: CityLand

    The proposed laws seek to enforce existing State regulations by increasing illegal hotel fines and reporting requirements.  On October 30, 2015, the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings heard testimony on three proposed laws that seek to ramp up enforcement of state laws that prohibit the operation of illegal hotels.  The proposed legislation would regulate only those residential units located in multiple-dwelling buildings—not one- to four-family homes.  The proposed legislation is intended to address property owners who repeatedly and illegally rent out entire apartments, particularly rent-regulated apartments, for less than thirty days.

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    Tags : ABC's of Housing, Airbnb, Assemblymember Deborah Glick, City Council, City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Mark Levine, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, department of buildings, fee increase, illegal use, Intro 788, Intro 823, Intro 826
    Date:11/05/2015
    Category : City Council
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    City Council Holds Oversight Hearing on Short-Term Rentals

    Oversight  •  Citywide
    Council Member Jumaane D. Williams speaks at the oversight hearing on short-term rentals. Image credit: William Alatriste / New York City Council

    Council Member Jumaane D. Williams speaks at the oversight hearing on short-term rentals. Image credit: William Alatriste / New York City Council

    Eight-hour hearing covered testimony from supporters and opponents of short-term rental businesses.  On January 20, 2015, the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings held an oversight hearing on the effects of short-term rentals on New York City’s economy and neighborhoods.  Over the course of eight hours, the committee heard testimony from independent tenants, representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Special Enforcement, the home-sharing website Airbnb, owners of local bed-and-breakfasts, and members of the public for and against short-term rentals. (read more…)

    Tags : Airbnb, City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, Council Member Corey Johnson, Council Member Helen Rosenthal, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Council Member Mark Levine, Council Member Vincent Gentile, Elizabeth Glazer, Mayor's Office of Special Enforcement
    Date:01/26/2015
    Category : City Council
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