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    HPD Announces Plans for Two Mixed-Use Affordable Housing Developments on City-Owned Sites in Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen

    Affordable Housing  •  Midtown Manhattan

    Image Credit: CetraRuddy/S9Architects/HPD

    The new buildings will provide affordable housing, space for businesses, and social services from partnering non-profits in the Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen community. On February 13, 2019, Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer announced the selection of development teams to build approximately 260 affordable housing units on two City-owned sites in the Clinton and Hell’s Kitchen neighborhoods of Midtown Manhattan. The sites were identified for development into affordable housing through the Hudson Yards Plan, a comprehensive proposal to develop Manhattan’s Far West side. The two developments were approved following HPD’s Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen request for proposal (RFP) for the two sites. One building will be located at 806 9th Avenue (the Ninth Avenue site) and the other building will be located at 705 10th Avenue (the Tenth Avenue site).

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    Tags : affordable housing, Housing New York 2.0, Housing Preservation and Development, Maria Torres-Springer, Midtown Manhattan
    Date:03/06/2019
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    Innovative Shared-Use Building to Bring Affordable Housing and Modern Library to Sunset Park

    Affordable Housing  •  Sunset Park, Brooklyn

    Image Credit: Magnusson Architecture and Planning/HPD

    The shared-use building is expected to be completed in December 2020. On February 6, 2019, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer announced that HPD is joining Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc., Brooklyn Public Library, and New York State Homes and Community Renewal in bringing a new, first of its kind, shared-use model building to Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The eight-story building will house both Sunset Park’s new state-of-the-art public library and 49 deeply affordable apartments. The project was financed through $35.5 million in public and private investment.

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    Tags : affordable housing, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Public Library, Fifth Avenue Committee Inc., Housing Preservation and Development, Maria Torres-Springer, New York State Homes and Community Renewal, Sunset Park
    Date:02/20/2019
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    City Planning Creates Online Platform for Zoning Resolution

    Zoning Resolution  •  Citywide

    NYC Department of City Planning

    The City’s zoning laws are now instantly accessible to New Yorkers. On February 6, 2019, Department of City Planning Director Marisa Lago announced the release of the City’s digital Zoning Resolution online platform. The online platform will serve as a green replacement for the 1,570-page physical copy of the Resolution, which will no longer be printed to save money, increase government transparency, and fight climate change. It will also be a more interactive replacement for the static PDFs currently on the City Planning website. The platform will make the City’s Zoning Resolution more accessible for New Yorkers.

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    Tags : City Planning Commission, Council Member Ben Kallos, Francisco Moya, Land Use, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Maria Torres-Springer, Rafael Salamanca, zoning
    Date:02/14/2019
    Category : City Planning Commission
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    New Development Will Bring Affordable Co-Op To First Time Home Buyers

    Affordable Housing  •  Williamsbridge, Bronx

    NYC HPD

    New cooperative building will give first time home buyers affordable opportunity to own their home. On February 28, 2018, the Department of Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) announced plans to develop a 100 percent affordable seven-story co-op building in the Williamsbridge section of the Bronx. The building, named Sydney House, is the first affordable housing development to be financed under the HPD’s Open Door program. (read more…)

    Tags : Bronx, co-op, cooperative, Council Member Robert Cornegy, HPD, Maria Torres-Springer, Williamsbridge
    Date:03/15/2018
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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    New Programs aimed to Help First-time Homeowners

    Affordable Homeownership  •  Citywide

    Mayor Bill de Blasio. Image credit: CityLand

    Plan anticipates creating or preserving 20,000 homeownership opportunities by 2026. On December 11, 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced two new programs, Open Door, which aids first-time homeowners buy a condo or coop, and HomeFix, which helps New Yorkers make capital improvements to their homes. These two programs will reach at least 2,100 households in eight years. These programs are part of the Mayor’s 300,000 affordable housing plan. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Jumaame Williams, Council Member Margaret Chin, Gregory Meeks, Housing New York 2.0 Plan, Maria Torres-Springer, Open Door and HomeFix, Steven Cymbrowitz
    Date:12/14/2017
    Category : Office of the Mayor
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    City to Create Senior Housing and Community Space Despite Strong Opposition

    Affordable Senior Housing  •  Nolita, Manhattan

    Haven Green Rendering. Image Credit: Curtis + Ginsberg Architects.

    Senior affordable housing proposal would build over existing community park and green space. On Friday December 8, 2017, the New York City Housing and Preservation Department announced development plans that will create 121 affordable senior apartments and a community designed public open space in the Nolita neighborhood of Manhattan. Haven Green, an affordable new senior housing development will be affordable to seniors earning between $20,040 and $40,080 and include housing for formerly homeless seniors.

    The site is presently occupied by the Elizabeth Street Garden, bounded by Elizabeth Street to the east, Mott Street to the West, Prince Street to the North and Spring Street to the South. (read more…)

    Tags : Council Member Margaret Chin, Habitat NYC, Housing Development Corporation, Housing New York 2.0 Plan, Maria Torres-Springer, Pennrose Properties, SAGE
    Date:12/13/2017
    Category : Housing Preservation & Development
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