Not exact matches
On topic questions included whether the administration plans to increase low - income
affordable housing production, what actions are required for the administration to count a
unit of housing as «preserved», whether housing built with 421 (a) tax credits anywhere in the City should require
affordable units,
how the de Blasio administration counts housing underway at the end of the Bloomberg administration toward its goal, what was done in this housing complex to «preserve» these
units, whether
units counted as «preserved» are always on a 30 year agreement, the annual average of 20,000
units created or preserved as set forth in the mayor's ten year goal of 200,000 such
units and
how money was spent on the 17,000
units created or preserved in 2014.
The on - topic and off - topic questions in the Q&A portion of the press conference included: the project status when de Blasio took office and
how his approach to
affordable housing differs from Mayor Bloomberg, whether there are any differences in Phase I of the project as being initiated now versus as approved by the Bloomberg administration, what he sees as a realistic percentage of
units being «
affordable» in projects located closer to or in Manhattan, whether he counts this project towards his goal of 200,000
affordable units, the NYPD officer recently arrested in India, the status of speed camera approvals from Albany, the FOIL delays and responses which did not produce any emails or documents in the Findlayter case, the NYPD / FDNY hockey brawl, Queens Library President Thomas Galante and the newly elected leadership of NYSUT (the state teachers union).
Plans to develop nearly 3,000
units of
affordable housing across New York have been put in jeopardy because Cuomo and legislative leaders failed to reach an agreement on
how to spend $ 2 billion they put in the budget this year for new housing, advocates charged.
While many residents at Tuesday night's Southold Town Board meeting agreed that having
affordable housing for the area's workers and retired population is important, others said they feared
how a proposal to increase the number of
units allowed in an
affordable housing development will change the North Fork's rural character.
In a survey of developers and housing agencies, the New York State Association for
Affordable Housing found that 2,935 units of affordable housing currently on the drawing board have been placed in limbo by the inability of Cuomo and lawmakers to reach a deal on how to dole out the $ 2 billion before the Legislature's session ended l
Affordable Housing found that 2,935
units of
affordable housing currently on the drawing board have been placed in limbo by the inability of Cuomo and lawmakers to reach a deal on how to dole out the $ 2 billion before the Legislature's session ended l
affordable housing currently on the drawing board have been placed in limbo by the inability of Cuomo and lawmakers to reach a deal on
how to dole out the $ 2 billion before the Legislature's session ended last month.
Plans to develop nearly 3,000
units of
affordable housing across New York have been put in jeopardy because Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders failed to reach an agreement on
how to spend $ 2 billion they put in the budget this year for new housing, advocates charged.
These below - market rate
units are subject to rules regarding, for instance,
how much their rents can be raised each year (which will be voted on by the Rent Guidelines Board on June 24) and are seen as an important way to keep New York City
affordable.
We have to see the specifics about timelines and
how it's going to play out, but look, it can only be for the good of New York City if the state is making an additional commitment to New York City on
affordable housing on top of the 200,000
units we're already committed to,» he added.
In this city, if you take the thirty percent of the people who are homeless and working and give them a real
affordable housing
unit, I mean a real, low - income
affordable housing
unit, that's
how you reduce the homeless in this city.»
The de Blasio administration would not comment on
how many more
affordable units this would create or what the cost to the city in foregone taxes would be.
Mr. Wright, however, was hazier on the details of
how to reconcile such a moratorium with Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to construct and maintain 200,000
units of
affordable housing, which hinges in part on re-zonings and outlays for upper - income construction that devotes 20 percent new
units for low - and middle - income earners — a plan Mr. Wright said he was «very much in support of.»
How do you pay for someplace else to stay while repairs are being made, so that you can come back to your
affordable housing
unit when repairs are complete?
As a long - time spokesperson for Colonial Penn Life Insurance, Alex Trebek has been telling us about
how seniors between the ages of 50 to 85 can get
affordable life insurance with «no medical exam and no health questions» for as little as $ 9.95 per
unit.
How do you pay for someplace else to stay while repairs are being made, so that you can come back to your
affordable housing
unit when repairs are complete?
In his talk, he discusses
how Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are increasing access of low income households and households in low - income / high - minority areas to
affordable single - family housing and to multifamily rental
units.