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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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    City Council Holds Oversight Hearing on Mayor’s Affordable Housing Plan

    Oversight  •  Citywide
    City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod and HPD Commissioner Vicki Been are sworn in before the Council's oversight hearing. Image credit: William Alatriste, New York City Council

    City Planning Chairman Carl Weisbrod & HPD Commissioner Vicki Been are sworn in before the Council’s oversight hearing. Image credit: William Alatriste, NYC Council

    HPD, City Planning, NYCHA among those who answered questions on the results and direction of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan.  On November 17, 2014, the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, joined by the Committee on Land Use and Committee on Community Development, held an oversight hearing on Housing New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio’s affordable housing plan. The Council heard testimony over the course of seven hours from Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Vicki Been, City Planning Commission Chairman Carl Weisbrod, along with representatives from the New York City Housing Authority, the Housing Development Corporation, labor unions, tenant advocacy groups, and other stakeholders.

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    Tags : Chairman Carl Weisbrod, City Council, Commissioner Vicki Been, Council Member David G. Greenfield, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Council Member Mark Levine, Council Member Mark Weprin, Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, Department of City Planning, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, NYCHA
    Date:11/20/2014
    Category : City Council
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    Allow Young People to Serve on Community Boards

    Council Member Ben Kallos
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    Council Member Ben Kallos

    Last week, the City Council passed a resolution in support of allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to serve on their local community boards. The resolution throws City support behind Albany legislation that would amend the City Charter and Public Officers Law to let the teens become full voting members of their boards.

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    Tags : City Council, Community Boards, Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member James Vacca, Council Member Mark Levine, Council Member Ritchie Torres, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Scott Stringer
    Date:06/16/2014
    Category : Commentary
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