Sentences with phrase «included affordable housing»

JPMorgan expects measures will include affordable housing and education spending, including financial aid for B40 students.

The paper's estimates are conservative, since they don't count utility fees or the impact of project - specific agreements, in which local politicians ask builders to provide particular amenities (including affordable housing) in exchange for permits.

New housing development — including affordable housing — will be critical to ensure that Amazon's arrival does not price out lower - and working - class families.

In New York City, the fate of de Blasio's rezoning plan, which includes an affordable housing mandate, is set to be decided this month by the City Council.

The project was the first proposed by a private developer under mandatory inclusionary housing, a de Blasio administration policy that forces developers to include affordable housing in any project that needs zoning approval.

Hevesi says the homeless projects are caught up in a larger dispute over how to renew a special tax break for real estate developers who include affordable housing in their projects, known as 421a.

«There are some specific districts that are already very highly built up, for example Midtown Manhattan, where there's an opportunity to do some more, and to include affordable housing.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) consists of all the State's major housing and community renewal agencies, including the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency, Housing Trust Fund Corporation and others.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) includes the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency, Housing Trust Fund Corporation and others.

In her testimony before the Council, Ms. Glen noted that the 421a credit — a frequent target for liberals — is available for most projects across the city, but developers are only required to include any affordable housing in their buildings in the so - called «geographical exclusion area» covering just 16.5 percent of the city.

About New York State Homes and Community Renewal New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) includes the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency, Housing Trust Fund Corporation and others.

Boozer says her priorities include affordable housing, rent regulation, education and jobs, including a $ 15 per hour minimum wage.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

Developers Washington Square Partners and Acadia, who own the Sherman Plaza site and had sought the increased height limits in exchange for a plan to include affordable housing in its development, said they were saddened to hear of the vote.

About New York State Homes and Community Renewal New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) consists of all the State's major housing and community renewal agencies, including the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency, Housing Trust Fund Corporation and others.

About New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) includes the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency, Housing Trust Fund Corporation and others.

Comptroller Scott Stringer took Mayor Bill de Blasio to task on just about every plan he has to address the city's most pressing issues — including affordable housing, homelessness and the lack of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses — in a speech that sounded like a platform for his rumored mayoral run this morning.

Along the way, the East Harlem Council Member has shared her progressive vision for moving our community forward, and addressed vital issues for Northern Manhattan and the Bronx, including affordable housing, education, and reforming stop and risk policing policy.

New York State Homes and Community Renewal (HCR) agencies include the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency, Housing Trust Fund Corporation and others.

The program also played into what de Blasio considers his biggest success yet in forcing developers to include affordable housing; the 1,723 - unit Astoria Cove project along the Queens waterfront, where 27 percent of the units are to be available at below market - rate rents.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in a statement is backing changes to the 421a real - estate tax abatement that include both an affordable housing expansion as well as a prevailing wage component.

Proposed changes to a property - tax break called 421 - a — most notably a requirement that all developers include affordable housing in new projects receiving the benefit — would not stifle construction activity in New York City, according to a study released today.

At 6:30 p.m., Rep. Hakeem Jeffries delivers annual State of the District address, discussing issues including affordable housing, community safety, job creation, and immigration reform, Long Island University, 1 University Pl., Brookyln.

MIH is one of the mechanisms the city utilizes to advance its plan to build or preserve 200,000 affordable housing units over the next decade; it allows developers to build taller buildings than existing regulations allow if they include affordable housing.

Bottom line, thanks to de Blasio's persistence: For the first time since 421 - a launched in the 1970s, developers must include affordable housing in their projects in order to claim the tax relief, wherever in the city a project is located.

Massey is eager to see reinstatement of the 421 - a tax credit for real estate developers to encourage the building of housing, including some affordable housing.

Constituents will be able to attend sessions on a wide variety of topics, including affordable housing, transportation, education, defending civil rights, senior services and the environment.

But Albanese struggled to articulate a vision on a number of issues — including an affordable housing plan, saying at one point he would revisit the policies of Mayor Koch.

The TSFC is located within New York State Homes and Community Renewal (NYSHCR), which consists of all the State's major housing and community renewal agencies, including the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency, and the Housing Trust Fund Corporation, among others.

The mayor, for example, unsettled developers by mandating, rather than incentivizing, that they include affordable housing in projects that need zoning approvals.

It's a topic that her rival Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris King, an Orlando entrepreneur whose projects include affordable housing, has pushed from the first day of his campaign last year.

HCR agencies include the Affordable Housing Corporation, the Division of Housing and Community Renewal, the Housing Finance Agency, State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA), Housing Trust Fund Corporation and others.

Southold Town Supervisor Scott Russell stressed the need for community input on several key issues, including affordable housing and helicopter noise, in his sixth annual «State of the Town» address Thursday night.

A highly - placed government source told Gay City that de Blasio reversed himself on the bill to court Greenfield's support as chair of the Land Use Committee for his faltering mass re-zoning plan that includes affordable housing.

She says she will focus on infrastructure issues, including affordable housing and green space.

Cuomo appears to be holding firm to include affordable housing measures and criminal justice reform in the spending plan.

The City Council passed both Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which would rezone certain neighborhoods and require some new construction to include affordable housing, and Zoning for Quality and Affordability, which would raise building heights and ease parking requirements to make it easier to build senior and affordable housing.

In November, Fortis Property Group dropped its plans to include affordable housing at the Long Island College Hospital development.

The borough president will also tackle de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing proposal, which would require new construction in parts of the city to include affordable housing, and his Zoning for Quality and Affordability proposal, which is meant to make building affordable senior housing easier by relaxing parking requirements and increasing building heights.

An alternative plan, which would include two shorter buildings and would not need land use approval from the city, would be sold or rented at market rates and would not include an affordable housing component.

Kurland, 44, a Chelsea resident whose priorities include affordable housing and paid sick - leave, said maxing out on funding indicates the strength of her grassroots support in the district, which covers Greenwich Village, the West Village, the Meatpacking District, Hudson Square, Chelsea, Hell's Kitchen and Midtown.

In February, the de Blasio administration targeted the Bay Street Corridor in Stapleton as one of six neighborhoods in the city that could be rezoned for residential housing, in exchange for including affordable housing units.

Cuomo's office said his efforts to address the state's homeless problem are the most ambitious ever, including an affordable housing plan that has committed funding for 2,500 units, and remains on track to create 6,000 units over five years.

The developer — which hired lobbyist James Capalino to engage with City Hall aides — plans to demolish two buildings on the site and either build a luxury condo building or a series of apartment towers that would include affordable housing.

Speaking to reporters after an unrelated event in Brooklyn, Mr. de Blasio highlighted that the final agreement between Mr. Cuomo, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan included his administration's recommendation that all buildings receiving the exemption be required to include affordable housing.

It would extend the length of the abatements from 25 years to 35 years, mandate that all rental projects receiving the subsidy include affordable housing in their project and, like de Blasio's proposal, gives developers three options for affordability.

Some residents complained that COR is not including affordable housing in the project.

He also said de Blasio's policy only deals with the homelessness problem in the short term, and he accused the mayor of not pursuing more permanent options, including affordable housing vouchers for families.

As much as they tried to stand out, however, the candidates found themselves on the same page on issue after issue, including affordable housing, Hurricane Sandy recovery, bike lanes, education and development.

A new deal that state development officials are drafting could help Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner avoid meeting an obligation to include affordable housing in the Dumbo development.