Sentences with phrase «of affordable housing units»

The proposal is part of two zoning amendments that seek to increase the number of affordable housing units throughout the city.

Ten percent of the affordable housing units will be available to households earning 40 percent of the area median income or below.

While this development is part of the fair - housing settlement between Westchester County and the federal government, I'm proud to note that the County is going beyond the requirements of that agreement in the number of affordable housing units in the works.

«As we create these hundreds of thousands of affordable housing units, we also make sure they are done by qualified, professional programs and builders and workers,» she said, insisting that union construction is safer and of superior quality.

Meanwhile de Blasio campaigned on record lows on crime, expanding free pre-K and increasing the number of affordable housing units across the city.»

Shephard said that Mayor Bill de Blasio's plan to greatly expand the city's number of affordable housing units provides an opportunity for developers to incorporate solar and clean energy into lower - income neighborhoods.

«We also must tell Albany that they have got to stop the hemorrhaging of affordable housing units in New York State and we have to cut off the spigot of those who just go to Albany and serve the developer unit and then come back home and talk about the crisis that's been going on,» she said.

Quinn, one of the presumed front - runners in the 2013 mayoral race, announced the creation of a new database of affordable housing units with a «red alert system» to notify the city and tenants about when rent protections are set to expire and turn market - rate.

Also at 10 a.m., Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams unveils more than $ 2 million in Fiscal Year 2016 funds to construct and preserve hundreds of affordable housing units across Brooklyn, Calvary Community Church, 1575 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn.

«We supported the principle of prevailing wage,» said Hector Figueroa, president of SEIU Local 32 BJ, the building workers union, «but we always understood that in the construction of affordable housing units there had to be an understanding between the industry and the construction unions.»

But about a week ago, multiple sources said Cuomo's office informed the de Blasio administration that the governor was considering diverting the entire pot of money elsewhere and leaving the city with nothing, just as city officials were preparing to close on financing for the latest batch of affordable housing units.

-- Earlier this year, Borough President Katz recommended disapproval of the original Astoria Cove rezoning application due to concerns with what she saw as insufficiencies in the proportion of affordable housing units, alternative mass transit option investments, skilled labor commitments and school construction timeline.

Seattle is in desperate need of affordable housing units large enough to accommodate families.

BROOKLYN — Two community leaders with close ties to Assemblyman Charles Barron have placed a roadblock in front of Mayor Bill de Blasio's grand vision to bring thousands of affordable housing units to East New York.

Nixon Peabody is mentioned in this article for working with Silver Street Development Corp. to leverage the federal Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program to increase the number of affordable housing units in a New Jersey senior housing community.

«The governor's proposal raises the city's cost in foregone property tax revenue in order to subsidize construction workers» wages, without increasing the expected number of affordable housing units,» she said.

This deal is a part of the mayor's 10 - year affordable housing plan for the city to subsidize hundreds of thousands of affordable housing units.

She envisions Willets Point as a home to tens of thousand of affordable housing units, with housing on all 61 acres of the historic development area funded by a professional soccer stadium Katz has long campaigned to put up on the area.

The party said it would «substantially» boost funding for the National Housing Trust Fund to build, preserve and rehab «millions» of affordable housing units.