Sentences with phrase «new subsidized housing»

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, was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in federally subsidized housing in hardscrabble Canarsie.

The idea that new development should subsidize affordable housing is popular.

Housing is becoming increasingly expensive to build due to government fees and regulations on building in most cities, and government programs merely subsidize this process at a cost to the taxpayers; and rent control has been a disaster because that immediately kills off any new construction and reduces the incentive for land owners and landlords to maintain their property because their income is fixed.

Bethel New Life also runs subsidized housing, recognizing that affordable housing is one piece of the whole picture that needs to be secured for a working family.

Finding himself all but friendless in the state capital, Mr. de Blasio asked the New York State Association for Affordable Housing — an industry group of builders specializing in subsidized apartments — to lobby Albany to bring back the expired exemption.

Also at 11 a.m., Queens Rep. Joe Crowley, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, along with local elected officials, housing advocates, and community members hold a press conference to announce legislation creating two new refundable tax credits for people who live in rental or government - subsidized housing, Woodside Houses Park, 50th Street between Newtown Road and Broadway, Queens.

New York City Council Speaker Cory Johnson and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo announced the package of 10 bills on Sunday and said the measures would be introduced this week... The proposals include: Requiring businesses with more than 15 employees to provide lactation spaces and refrigerators to store breast milk, Requiring lactation rooms in all schools, police precincts, and jails that house women or allow women visitors, Assessing the need for free and low - cost doula services in the city, Creating a report on maternal mortality, Requiring that inmates be able to choose the gender of their doctor, Requiring the city to provide diapers at shelters, subsidized child care centers and other locations, Creating a study and pilot program for on - site childcare for city employees, Allowing campaign funds to be used for certain childcare costs of candidates who are primary caregivers» http://bit.ly/2jTiAtZ

In what was a win for the state and a win for vulnerable New Yorkers, the MRT found $ 34.3 billion in savings for taxpayers, with Medicaid Redesign Team Program funding subsidizing supportive housing.

«It's simply too important for the City of New York not to have the ability to subsidize rental housing.»

New York State must repeal existing marijuana laws as many other states have done, otherwise New Yorkers will still be subjected to biased enforcement and needless loss of access to student loans, subsidized housing and other public benefits, and, for non-citizens, the risk of detention and deportation.»

Pat Purcell, a member of UP4NYC and the executive director of the Great NY Laborers - Employers Cooperation & Education Trust with the Laborers, said Mr. de Blasio's plan «will not provide middle class wages to the workers employed on what will remain mostly taxpayer subsidized luxury housing, and it will not significantly increase affordable housing production for New Yorkers who need it most.»

L+M Development Partners and BFC Partners acquired a 50 percent stake in all of the Section 8 - subsidized buildings owned by the New York City Housing Authority.

«We haven't ended the housing crisis for New York's working families by giving away $ 1.2 billion in corporate welfare to subsidize luxury housing developments,» Javier Valdez, the co-executive director of Make the Road New York, told me.

Without the tax break, known as 421 - a, New York City may have to spend more to subsidize affordable housing, or risk allowing de Blasio's housing target to go unmet.

There is no time to wait,» warned Jolie Milstein, CEO of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing, a coalition of developers that specialize in subsidized construction.

Additionally, now that Governor Andrew Cuomo has removed a restriction that prohibited New York City from using state funds earmarked for homelessness for long - term housing, the city has, if not more funding to shift homeless families into supportive and subsidized housing, then at least the legal wherewithal to do so.

HUD Buffalo Field Office Director Joan Spilman said: «HUD's Rental Assistance Demonstration is quickly becoming an essential tool for preserving affordability across a wide spectrum of subsidized housing programs in New York.

Former Congressman Rev. Floyd Flake, an investor in Aqueduct Entertainment Group and the leader of a publicly - subsidized housing empire in Queens, is coming under close scrutiny as a federal probe into the selection the new Aqueduct racino operator gets underway.

Together, Council Member Van Bramer and these New Yorkers in need will express why they believe Airbnb needs to be held accountable for allowing tax - subsidized affordable housing units to be posted as illegal hotels on their website.»

The Coalition for the Homeless, joined by community groups and labor unions, crafted the proposal, which calls for 10 percent of city - subsidized new housing to be set aside for the indigent along with at least 2,500 of the New York City Housing Authority «s yearly vacancies, a new city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling rentenew housing to be set aside for the indigent along with at least 2,500 of the New York City Housing Authority «s yearly vacancies, a new city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling rhousing to be set aside for the indigent along with at least 2,500 of the New York City Housing Authority «s yearly vacancies, a new city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling renteNew York City Housing Authority «s yearly vacancies, a new city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling rHousing Authority «s yearly vacancies, a new city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling rentenew city and state program to create 30,000 units of housing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling rhousing for homeless people with substance abuse issues and mental disorders, and greater subsidies from Albany to assist struggling renters.

Because right now, New York State is subsidizing luxury development instead of really subsidizing the kind of affordable housing we need, the kind of infrastructure and public schools that we need.

The Spring Creek Towers subsidized housing complex in East New York is rejecting potential tenants using rent vouchers from Mayor Bill de Blasio's Living in Communities Rental Assistance (LINC) program, a new lawsuit allegNew York is rejecting potential tenants using rent vouchers from Mayor Bill de Blasio's Living in Communities Rental Assistance (LINC) program, a new lawsuit allegnew lawsuit alleges.

It includes a mix of public and subsidized housing, a once middle - class neighborhood of single - family homes, and new townhomes and condominiums advertising affordable market rates.

There are a few school districts (San Francisco and San Jose) that either are or are planning to, provide subsidized housing for new teachers.

Although loan forgiveness and subsidized loans made their way into this federal spending bill, they may face new challenges when the House of Representatives reviews the PROSPER Act, a bill that aims to reauthorize the Higher Education Act of 1965.

A focus on current and future housing initiatives demonstrates how New Yorkers continue to promote subsidized housing as a way to achieve diversity, neighborhood stability, and social justice.

New York governor Andrew Cuomo has plans to renew the affordable housing program known as 421 - a, which expired in January, this time with even more generous terms for those who offer subsidized units.

On Tuesday, the White House announced a new plan to subsidize the expansion of solar panels for low - income homes in Baltimore.

Earlier this year the Russian government launched a program to subsidize the mortgage rate, which reduced the demand for resale homes and shifted demand to new housing.

Since 2009, the U.S. has addressed the housing needs of two subsets of the population: those earning more than 100 percent of Area Median Income (AMI) who can afford new class - A luxury rentals, as well as those earning below 60 percent of AMI who are supported by government - subsidized programs such as Low - Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and Section 8 hhousing needs of two subsets of the population: those earning more than 100 percent of Area Median Income (AMI) who can afford new class - A luxury rentals, as well as those earning below 60 percent of AMI who are supported by government - subsidized programs such as Low - Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and Section 8 hHousing Tax Credits (LIHTC) and Section 8 housinghousing.

These bills tackle the housing crisis in a variety of ways, such as providing funding for subsidized affordable housing, making it harder for cities to block new projects and streamlining the approval process to help meet state housing goals, which have fallen behind.

The New York Times profiles the messy family battle behind the sale of Starrett City, the largest federally subsidized housing complex in the United States.

The New York Times profiles the messy family battle behind the sale of Starrett City, the largest federally subsidized housing complex in the United...

Recently, Mr. Neveloff represented Starwood Hotels in selling the retail portion of the St. Regis Hotel, Manhattan; the owner of Starrett City, the largest federally subsidized housing complex in the United States, in a capital transaction; Fortress Investments in connection with The Sheffield, a 497 - unit condominium; New York Life Insurance Company in the sale of Manhattan House, a residential complex comprising an entire block of Manhattan; and the seller of The New Frontier Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.