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    Zoning for Quality and Affordability Program Sent to Community Boards for Public Review

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the City Planning Commission. Image credit: CityLand

    Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the City Planning Commission. Image credit: CityLand

    The program would amend generation-old zoning regulations to encourage construction of efficient mixed-use buildings and affordable senior housing.  On September 21, 2015, the City Planning Commission issued a press release revealing two of the major programs to be implemented under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Housing New York plan.  The programs, which are currently making their way through the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure process, are the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Program and the Zoning for Quality and Affordability Program.  The latter proposes zoning text amendments that relax Inclusionary Housing building regulations and parking requirements to enable the construction of high-quality mixed-use buildings that utilize the full amount of buildable residential space and to encourage the construction of a diverse range of affordable senior housing and long-term care facilities.

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    Tags : affordable housing, City Planning Commission, Department of City Planning, Housing New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, ULURP, Zoning for Quality and Affordability, zoning text amendment
    Date:11/03/2015
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Mandatory Inclusionary Housing Program Sent to Community Boards for Public Review

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the City Planning Commission. Image credit: CityLand

    Carl Weisbrod, Chairman of the City Planning Commission. Image credit: CityLand

    The program would be the strongest inclusionary housing requirement in the nation.  On September 18, 2015, the City Planning Commission initiated public review of the Department of City Planning’s application for the Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program, which is one of the major programs to be implemented under Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Housing New York plan.  The Mandatory Inclusionary Housing program would require, rather than incentivize, residential developers to reserve a portion of newly-created housing units as permanently affordable.  The program seeks to help the fifty-five percent of New York City residential-renters who are “rent burdened,” which has increased by eleven percent since 2000.

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    Tags : affordable housing, City Planning Commission, Department of City Planning, Housing New York, Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Mayor Bill de Blasio, ULURP, zoning text amendment
    Date:10/28/2015
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    DCP Initiates Public Review Procedure for Proposed Rezoning of East New York

    Zoning  •  Greater East New York, Brooklyn
    East New York rezoning map. Image credit: DCP

    East New York rezoning map. Image credit: DCP

    The proposal would create new affordable housing, public parks, and other community improvements.  On September 21, 2015, the City Planning Commission began the public review process for the Department of City Planning’s proposal to rezone several neighborhoods in Brooklyn.  The East New York Community Plan would invest in the improvement of the East New York, Ocean Hill, and Cypress Hills neighborhoods of Brooklyn—represented by Community Boards 5 and 16—by adding affordable housing and community resources that seek to boost the local economy and prevent the displacement of existing residents.

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    Tags : Brooklyn Community Board 16, Brooklyn Community Board 5, City Planning Commission, Council Member Rafael Espinal, Department of City Planning, East New York Community Plan, East New York Rezoning, Housing New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio
    Date:10/08/2015
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    Center for NYC Neighborhoods Hosts Panel on Affordable Homeownership

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    From Left to Right: Keynote panelists Christie Peale, Colvin Grannum, Commissioner Vicki Been, and moderator Matthew Hassett. Image credit: Center for NYC Neighborhoods

    From Left to Right: Keynote panelists Christie Peale, Colvin Grannum, Commissioner Vicki Been, and moderator Matthew Hassett. Image credit: Center for NYC Neighborhoods

    The keynote panel focused on the issues and challenges raised by affordable housing creation and preservation in New York City.  On September 30, 2015, the Center for NYC Neighborhoods held its conference on the Future of Affordable Homeownership in NYC.  The event was hosted at New York Law School and sponsored by NYLS, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, the Center for Real Estate Studies, the Center for New York City Law, and several other public and private institutions.  The panel included Vicki Been, commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Colvin Grannum, president and CEO of Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Christie Peale, executive director of the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, and moderator Matthew Hassett, director of policy and communications at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Department of Finance, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Housing New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York Law School, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Vicki Been
    Date:10/05/2015
    Category : Housing Panel
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    Elected Officials, Community Groups Rally Against Mayor’s Citywide Rezoning Plan

    Zoning Map Amendment  •  citywide
    (l to r) Councilmembers Rosie Mendez, Ben Kallos, and Corey Johnson speak at a rally against Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed citywide rezoning plan. Image credit: William Alatriste/New York City Council

    (l to r) Councilmembers Rosie Mendez, Ben Kallos, and Corey Johnson speak at a rally against Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed citywide rezoning plan. Image credit: William Alatriste/New York City Council

    Speakers argued the plan eliminates residential zoning protections with little affordable housing benefit.  On March 25, 2015 the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation held a press conference on the steps of City Hall to protest Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposed citywide rezoning plan, “Zoning for Quality and Affordability”.  According to the Department of City Planning, the plan was created in response to zoning barriers identified by DCP and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development that constrain new housing creation and impede Mayor de Blasio’s Housing New York plan to create and preserve more affordable housing in the city.

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    Tags : Andrew Berman, Council Member Ben Kallos, Council Member Corey Johnson, Council Member Inez Barron, Council Member Rosie Mendez, Department of City Planning, Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, Historic Districts Council, Housing New York, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rezoning, Simeon Bankoff
    Date:04/02/2015
    Category : City Council
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    Council Committee Holds Hearing on Rent Stabilization Extension [UPDATE: Legislation Passes Council]

    Rent Regulation  •  Citywide
    Council Member Jumaane D. Williams hears testimony on strengthening rent regulation laws. Image credit: William Alatriste/New York City Council

    Council Member Jumaane D. Williams hears testimony on strengthening rent regulation laws. Image credit: William Alatriste/New York City Council

    Legislation would extend rent stabilization laws for three years and call on state legislature to strengthen existing laws.  On March 2, 2015 the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings held a public hearing on Intro 685, a proposed law to amend the city’s administrative code and extend New York City’s existing rent stabilization laws.  Intro 685 declares the existence of a “housing emergency”, where the city’s vacancy rate drops below 5 percent, and the declaration is required under the New York City Rent Stabilization Law to extend rent stabilization.

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    Tags : Council Member Antonio Reynoso, Council Member Corey Johnson, Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Council Member Mark Levine, Council Member Rafael Espinal Jr, Deputy Mayor Emma Wolfe, Housing and Buildings Committee, Housing New York
    Date:03/13/2015
    Category : City Council
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