The borough president recommended more permanent affordable housing and local schools seats. (dnainfo.com)
Under the proposals approved by the City Council, the council member whose district a development is in chooses from several options, mandating different percentages of permanent affordable housing for people making anywhere from 40 percent of area median income, or AMI, to 115 percent. (dnainfo.com)
Thirty houses on Long Island that were damaged by superstorm Sandy and acquired by the state's New York Rising program will be taken over by a housing group to be made into permanent affordable housing for eligible homebuyers. (nystateofpolitics.com)