Sentences with phrase «including affordable housing units»

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.

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Budget 2018 - 19 commits $ 1.6 billion (both operating and capital) to housing investments over three years, including 19,000 affordable units, 5,000 new student housing beds at public post-secondary institutions, and 2,500 supportive housing units.

Two real estate developers hired the law firm to represent them in tax challenge cases in return for Silver allegedly backing the renewal of state tax incentives for developers of large housing projects that include affordable units, according to federal charges.

Mayor Bill de Blasio promised 200,000 affordable housing apartments, including 50,000 units for New Yorkers earning less than $ 40,000.

To date, the agency has developed 15 affordable housing programs across the country — with more than 950 units — which are home to underserved populations including veterans, survivors of domestic violence, people living with HIV, and the formerly homeless.

Other initiatives discussed from the Dec. 14th agenda included Brad Hoylman speaking about the negotiations in the NYS Senate regarding the IDC; Laurie Hardjowirigo gave the Voter Reform Committee Report; Nat Johnson gave the Environmental Committee Report by stressing what was learned at the December 4 Future of Renewable Energy Forum; Erik Coler of Affordable Housing recapped the year's achievements by saying this year 42 units had been re-stabilized and he was hoping next year to add 90 more.

The plan makes housing accessible and combats homelessness by building and preserving 112,000 units of affordable housing, including 6,000 of supportive housing.

Ms. Glen told the Council's Committee on Housing that several independent studies, including those done by Columbia University and the Citizens Budget Commission, showed that mandating real estate interests receiving the tax deduction to pay union rates would result in 30 percent fewer affordable units getting built.

Mr. de Blasio, in pursuit of his goal to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing in a decade, wanted Albany to renew the tax credit but require all developers getting it to build affordable housing, no matter where their development was, and also wanted the program to include a mansion tax on sales of residences worth $ 1.75 million or more.

The 115 - unit housing project, operated by Concern for Independent Living, includes supportive services for homeless adults with psychiatric disabilities, along with affordable housing for -LSB-...]

These programs will aggregate sites to develop affordable housing, including one - to four - family homeownership opportunities and up to 20 - unit rental buildings.

In 2014, HCR set an agency record by financing the creation or preservation of 9,363 affordable housing units, including affordable homeownership opportunities for more than one thousand families.

New big - ticket items include a $ 1.9 billion subsidy to make 10,000 units in the mayor's affordable - housing plan even cheaper, $ 300 million to renovate homeless shelters and $ 355 million for facade repairs at city public - housing developments.

Some of Dinkins» accomplishments include creating the city's Economic Development Corporation, launching the «Safe City, Safe Streets» initiative, which many credit with putting New York City on the path toward its recent record crime lows and building many units of affordable housing.

Critics today, including members of the de Blasio administration and some developers, say that the current program often stimulates luxury housing more than affordable units.

The Farmhouse will include a new indoor and outdoor training space, a teaching kitchen, a resource library, improved cold storage, two affordable housing units, and offices, all located at MAP's urban farm at 387 Massachusetts Avenue.

The Budget includes $ 2.5 billion in funding to advance the creation or preservation of 100,000 affordable and 6,000 supportive housing units.

Highlights in this year's capital budget include $ 500,000 to New Destiny Housing to build units for survivors of domestic violence and $ 750,000 for Second Farms Affordable Housing, a project focused on finding quality housing for the formerly homeless in partnership with Catholic ChaHousing to build units for survivors of domestic violence and $ 750,000 for Second Farms Affordable Housing, a project focused on finding quality housing for the formerly homeless in partnership with Catholic ChaHousing, a project focused on finding quality housing for the formerly homeless in partnership with Catholic Chahousing for the formerly homeless in partnership with Catholic Charities.

Located at 260 West 153rd Street in Manhattan, this new seven - story development is named in honor of the current Chairman of HCCI and includes 50 units of affordable housing, an onsite daycare center, and new community service office for HCCI.

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.

Reyna, an advocate for affordable housing, recently pushed an agreement with Rheingold Brewery developer Read Property Group to include «permanently affordable» housing units in the Bushwick building.

A joint venture between L+M Development Partners, BFC Partners and Taconic Investment Partners is spearheading the 1.65 - million - square - foot project, which will include 1,000 units of housing, half of which will be affordable.

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).

It also includes $ 125 million in credits to create and preserve affordable rental properties in New York State — which brought applause from Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has an ambitious plan to build and maintain 200,000 units of below - market housing citywide.

If built, the Family Community Life Center — a mixed - use project that has been in the planning stages for more than 25 years — would include an Olympic - size indoor swimming pool, a 25 - seat theater and media center, 24 - hour day care facilities, an indoor walking track, gymnasium, fitness center, classroom space, and 132 affordable apartment units intended as «workforce housing» for the area.

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.

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.

The de Blasio administration's «Mandatory Inclusionary Housing» program would require some new construction to include permanently affordable housing, and their «Zoning for Quality and Affordability» would eliminate parking requirements and increase building heights, among other changes, with the goal of making it easier to build affordable units and senior hHousing» program would require some new construction to include permanently affordable housing, and their «Zoning for Quality and Affordability» would eliminate parking requirements and increase building heights, among other changes, with the goal of making it easier to build affordable units and senior hhousing, and their «Zoning for Quality and Affordability» would eliminate parking requirements and increase building heights, among other changes, with the goal of making it easier to build affordable units and senior housinghousing.

The officials — including Borough President Scott Stringer, State Sen. Daniel Squadron and Council Speaker Christine Quinn — recently filed court documents arguing that the 1,331 - unit complex, which was built as affordable housing but now commands luxury rents, should be rent - stabilized because owner Laurence Gluck received a tax break.

Assemblywoman Crystal Peoples - Stokes said: Bellamy Commons is an adaptive reuse win - win for its tenants and the surrounding community as it includes 30 units of affordable rental housing, a museum, and the local offices of the NAACP.

More about his affordable housing plan: Mayor Bill de Blasio promised 200,000 affordable housing apartments, including 50,000 units for New Yorkers earning less than $ 40,000.

Officials said they do not currently have a timeline for the rest of the construction, including a proposed school and affordable housing units.

Twenty percent of the rental units included in the current design plan are considered affordable housing, and a 750 - seat school is slated to be included in the development.

Among his primary budget items: a $ 20 housing plan — which included $ 10 billion to build 100,000 units of affordable housing and $ 10 billion for housing for the homeless — and also a proposal to spend $ 22 on fixing roads and bridges.

He also recommended that the building have more permanent affordable housing — beyond the 166 units of affordable apartments included in the current plan — and suggested some units be set aside for formerly homeless families.

The mayor has declared the plan on time and within budget and earlier this year he also announced an additional $ 1.9 billion investment to create 10,000 more affordable housing for low - income earners, including 5,000 more dedicated senior housing units, for a total of 15,000 senior units under the plan.

His duties in that job were varied, including coordinating he town's affordable housing program, particularly the development of the The Cottages at Mattituck, a 22 - unit project built by the Long Island Housing Partnhousing program, particularly the development of the The Cottages at Mattituck, a 22 - unit project built by the Long Island Housing PartnHousing Partnership.

The $ 3.338 million allows local development organizations to rehabilitate units while maintaining low rents for longtime locals — many of whom make between $ 25,000 to $ 45,000 a year, according to Ismene Speliotis, executive director of the Mutual Housing Association of New York, which owns and manages 526 affordable apartment in neighborhoods including Crown Heights, Bushwick, Brownsville and East New York.

Under de Blasio's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing zoning plan, new construction would have to include a certain number of permanently affordable housingHousing zoning plan, new construction would have to include a certain number of permanently affordable housinghousing units.

Indeed, the proposal predicts creating 15,000 new affordable housing units would cost about $ 3.83 billion, including about $ 1.875 billion in city subsidies, through the Department of Housing Preservation and Developmenthousing units would cost about $ 3.83 billion, including about $ 1.875 billion in city subsidies, through the Department of Housing Preservation and DevelopmentHousing Preservation and Development (HPD).

MIH would require new developments to include housing units that are permanently affordable, while ZQA would allow developers to increase the heights of buildings and reduce parking requirements to help encourage construction of affordable and senior housing.

The state will also have a goal of making 500,000 new homes more energy efficient, including state - owned affordable housing units.

The proposal from Hudson Companies included a larger library, more affordable housing units and an earlier construction timeline than other bidders» proposals, according to the mayor's office.

Experts say the loss of 421 - a could also greatly hinder the mayor's recently - approved Mandatory Inclusionary Housing plan, which largely relied on the tax breaks to make it easier for developers to build housing that includes affordableHousing plan, which largely relied on the tax breaks to make it easier for developers to build housing that includes affordablehousing that includes affordable units.

Community Board 3 unanimously approved the plan — which includes a 50 - 50 split between market - rate and affordable housing for the approximately 1,000 units to be built on the site — after spending the last two - and - a-half years crafting a final plan.

The developers wanted Silver — who wielded immense power in the lower house of the State Legislature — to extend a law giving tax breaks to developers of apartment buildings that include affordable units alongside luxury units.

The board wants half of the units to be affordable, for there to be senior housing included and for the height to be reduced.

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.

Members said the rezoning plan is the first that has come before the community board since the approval of the city's Mandatory Inclusionary Housing plan, which requires developers to include a portion of affordable units in some new construction.

A waterfront - altering redevelopment of the Domino Sugar refinery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is poised to be approved by the city this week after the de Blasio administration struck a deal Monday to include more affordable housing units in the project.