Sentences with phrase «new affordable housing if»

«We must create new affordable housing if we are going to relieve the heavy demand that is driving up East New York rents.»

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I asked Lander what he made of the independent expenditures that REBNY has made, through their Jobs for New York PAC, on behalf of Council Member (and fellow Progressive) Margaret Chin, and if that violated the Progressive Caucus» stated principles on affordable housing.

It was deemed more important than education issues, creating more affordable housing, combating heroin addictions, increasing cancer screening, or deciding if mayoral control of New York City's schools should continue.

«We would not have build thousands and thousands of affordable units of housing in the city of New York if we didn't have the 421 - a program,» Klein said.

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.

«We can talk about building hundreds of thousands of new affordable housing units, but if we're losing the same housing units on the other side, then we have a zero - sum game,» said Mr. Stringer, recalling a report by his office that discovered the loss of 400,000 units renting for $ 1,000 or less over the past 12 years.

If a building containing rent - regulated housing is demolished, the landlord has no obligation to reinstate the affordable housing in the new building, according to Peter Gee, the director of housing and community services for Asian Americans for Equality, an organization that offered legal help for the residents.

But if New York lands the convention over Columbus, Phoenix, and the other contenders, merely holding the festivities at the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush wouldn't qualify as a progressive triumph (the symbolism would also be mixed: Barclays Center, the proposed convention headquarters, was supposed to be accompanied by affordable housing on the Atlantic Yards site).

Mr. Cuomo says that the city shouldn't be complaining, that the Medicaid and CUNY plans were part of an efficiency drive that in the end «won't cost New York City a penny,» and that it's not as if Mr. de Blasio is a total loser — with the budget anyway, given the state's pledges on affordable housing and homelessness, on funding for universal prekindergarten, community schools and other things.

«If we lose the rent law fight this year, we'll walk away with some legislation that could be the end of rent stabilization and really the end of affordable housing in New York City,» Benjamin said.

If Democrats have any hope of gaining control of the New York State Senate this year — gaining an upper hand on progressive priorities like expanding voting rights, campaign finance reform, promoting reproductive justice, affordable housing, criminal justice reform, and gun control — then we have to win the April 24 special election in lower Westchester.

If rezoning protections are passed, those companies will have to follow new rules that seriously limit their height of their buildings and mandate permanently affordable housing.

If, at the end, there's no further need for the affordable house, the materials can be just as easily «returned to industry and endlessly remanufactured into new products with no loss in material quality.»

If each of these citizen - led initiatives could succeed in developing jus one new tiny housing project, in addition to projects being pursued by more traditional developers, we believe this would make a significant contribution to the broader world of affordable housing in Oregon and beyond.

If they're going to build new affordable housing with taxes raised that's one thing.

«If it were an actual incorporated city, Co-op City would be the 12th largest in our state — and so it is hard to exaggerate the critical role it has played for over 40 years in keeping housing in New York State and New York City affordable,» Governor Cuomo said in a statement.