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    CityLaw Profile – City Council Zoning Chair Donovan Richards on Improving Sustainability

    Donovan Richards
    Councilmember Donovan Richards. Image credit: William Alatriste/NYC Council

    Councilmember Donovan Richards. Image credit: William Alatriste/NYC Council

    Donovan Richards was elected to the City Council from the 31st District in February 2013.  When you speak with City Council member Donovan Richards, two things become readily apparent:  an encyclopedic knowledge of the needs of his Southeast Queens Council district and the drive to pursue solutions for each of those needs simultaneously.

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    Tags : City Council, Committee on Environmental Protection, Council District 31, Council Member Donovan Richards, FRESH, Hurricane Sandy, mandatory inclusionary zoning, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises
    Date:09/21/2015
    Category : CityLand Profiles
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    Weisbrod Discusses the de Blasio Administration’s Affordable Housing Program, Now in Its “Toddler” Stage

    Affordable Housing
    Image credit: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

    Image credit: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

    At the CityLaw breakfast on August 28, 2015, Carl Weisbrod provided an update on the de Blasio Administration’s housing plan, which Weisbrod described as now in its “toddler” stage. The de Blasio program is the most ambitious of its kind in the country, and the biggest in New York since the Koch Administration.  Today, the City is managing the problems of success: continued growth and a shortage of housing.  Conversely, in the Koch era, the City was planning for shrinkage, had abundant vacant land, and much abandoned housing.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Carl Weisbrod, City Planning Commission, CityLaw Breakfast, John Egnatios-Beene, mandatory inclusionary zoning, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Ross Moskowitz, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, Theodore Clement
    Date:09/14/2015
    Category : Commentary
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    Mayor de Blasio Delivers State of the City Address

    Affordable Housing  •  Citywide
    Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers the 2015 State of the City address at Baruch College. Image Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office

    Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers the 2015 State of the City address at Baruch College. Image Demetrius Freeman/Mayoral Photography Office

    Affordable housing issues, including rent-regulation, mandatory inclusionary zoning, and more were highlighted in the speech.  On February 3, 2015 Mayor Bill de Blasio delivered his second State Of The City address from Baruch College.  The Mayor spoke at length about the affordable housing crisis facing New York City and the programs his administration has begun or will propose to address the problem.

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    Tags : Astoria Cove, Housing New York, mandatory inclusionary zoning, Mayor Bill de Blasio, New York City Council, State of the City
    Date:02/04/2015
    Category : Mayor
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