Sentences with phrase «own affordable housing plan»

Convincing a reluctant city council to pass an affordable housing plan.

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

Indeed, the effect of the mayor's affordable housing plan on the city's real estate market has thus far been subtle.

United for Affordable NYC said it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable housing plan.

In Albany, Cuomo touted his own affordable housing plan, which will dedicate $ 10 billion to the creation of 100,000 new affordable housing units statewide over the next five years.

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it would begin disbanding in March, after the City Council voted on zoning plans the mayor viewed as integral to his affordable housing plan.

Also at 11 a.m., the Real Affordability for All launches backing de Blasio's affordable housing plan, City Hall steps, Manhattan.

Mayor Bill de Blasio today unveiled a $ 41.1 billion affordable housing plan that city officials touted as the most ambitious in the city and nation's history, and which aims to build and preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over the next 10 years.

One of the core architects of Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan announced her intention to step down from city government today — making her the third top city administrator do so since December.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiling his affordable housing plan.

Perhaps the most headline - grabbing challenge of Ms. Glen's deputy mayorship, shepherding through the mayor's affordable housing plan, is done now that the plan has been approved.

NYC closes over 52,936 affordable apartments in order to stay ahead of Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing plan.

Mayor Bill de Blasio rallies for his affordable housing plan.

It is the largest, fastest affordable housing plan ever attempted at a local level,» he added, promising to «change the face of this city forever.»

Mr. de Blasio said he was not worried about an immediate impact on his ambitious affordable housing plan, which has seen 41,000 units financed and secured over two years.

Manhattan has become the third borough to reject citywide zoning proposals that are key to Mayor de Blasio's ambitious affordable housing plan.

Last year, the real estate board flagged the bill — along with eight others — as being counter-productive to Mayor Bill De Blasio's affordable housing plan.

In his State of the City address, the mayor made it clear his focus this year will be on his affordable housing plan — which will require plenty of help from Albany, where rent laws are set to expire later this year.

Community groups are asking the City Council to delay hearings set for next week on Mayor de Blasio's ambitious but controversial affordable housing plan.

The city issued a request for proposals Wednesday for the controversial senior affordable housing plan.

In a statement, the de Blasio campaign said, «Bill de Blasio has put forward the most comprehensive affordable housing plan of any candidate for Mayor — one that will create or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing and require developers to build more permanent affordable units.

A Specific Affordable Housing Plan A large group of churchgoers, NYCHA residents, senior citizens, and advocates recently rallied near City Hall to push for an affordable housing plan from the Metro - IAF coalition led by two Brooklyn pastors and affordable housing builders.

A spokesman for the coalition, Graham Ciraulo, said the group also wants officials to address the mayor's affordable housing plan and the recent high - rise developments proposed for the area.

The mayor didn't mention any of that Monday, focusing on his theme of reducing income inequality, giving unions credit for the passage of his affordable housing plan and paid sick leave.

On Sunday, de Blasio rallied support at Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn around his affordable housing plans, placing Albany as a road block.

The Mayor's Affordable Housing Plan More Broadly Including with regard to the Metro - IAF plan, Stringer has repeatedly said that de Blasio's larger affordable housing plan is not affordable enough, that it is not reaching enough New Yorkers most in need.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is taking a victory lap after the City Council gave the green light to his ambitious and controversial affordable housing plan.

The man who cleaned up Times Square is now one of the chief architects of Mr. de Blasio's far - reaching affordable housing plan.

The upcoming battle is reflected on this list by the presence of Albany - centric lawmakers, who the mayor will need to get his affordable housing plan off the ground; real estate industry players, who will no doubt have their deep - pocketed say in the legislative skirmish to come; and the city officials who will lobby hard for tenant - friendly rent laws in the state capital, or cut a few deals that alienate their progressive base.

Ms. Been, meanwhile, leads the Department of Housing Preservation and Development — the agency responsible for actually rolling out and administering Mr. de Blasio's affordable housing plan.

Residents noted that Governor Andrew Cuomo's recently announced $ 20 billion affordable housing plan includes no mention of money for NYCHA.

«Its purpose was for to push for the mayor's affordable housing plan and get a positive vote,» said the spokesman.

But the administration has stated that the mayor seeks to employ the surplus funds to finance his affordable housing plan.

When the City Council passed sweeping changes to the city's zoning code in March, it was heralded as a major victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan.

De Blasio talked about his safety initiatives, affordable housing plan and efforts to address mental health and opioid abuse, among other plans

She added she was open to building taller buildings in her district of East Harlem, one of the neighborhoods targeted to build housing in the mayor's affordable housing plan.

The speaker was also asked about Mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan and how it might fare in the City Council, which has the power to approve rezoning laws and development projects.

The mayor's affordable housing plan was panned by local advisory boards around the city.

«A robust 421 - a program is one element in a menu of options that will be needed to make Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing plan a reality,» Steven Spinola, the group's outgoing president, tells us an email.

Rafael Espinal, who represents the neighborhood that is the litmus test for de Blasio's affordable housing plan, said retail businesses that open as part of the plan should be required to pay a living wage, hire local residents and offer job training.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi did not comment on the protesters» legislative asks, but disputed their depiction of Cuomo's tenure, saying the governor has put forth «an aggressive» $ 20 billion, five - year affordable housing plan, worked to enhance rent laws and created a Tenant Protection Unit.

Cumbo then went to the mayor's side of City Hall and demanded that de Blasio put the squeeze on the Speaker to get rid of Ede Fox, or else she would oppose the controversial Bedford - Union Armory affordable housing plan, which is already under attack from local politicians.

The commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development is leaving, Mayor Bloomberg announced Friday, meaning a new housing chief will oversee the final phase of the city's 11 - year affordable housing plan.

«While we've certainly battled some headwinds, our affordable housing plan is ahead of schedule and on budget,» the spokesperson, Austin Finan, said in an e-mail.

This morning, de Blasio will bring his message of combating income inequality — and, in particular, his ambitious affordable housing plan — to a group of influential New York City business leaders whose support could prove vital.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's Housing Commissioner Vicki Been called Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed executive budget a «poison pill» for the city's affordable housing plan.

Mayor de Blasio is celebrating what he says is a major milestone in his affordable housing plan: a record number of affordable apartments preserved, financed, or created over the last three years.

The mayor was also asked about the fate of his affordable housing plan if the 421a tax abatement program for real estate developers lapses.

De Blasio took a victory lap after the NYC Council gave the green light to his ambitious and controversial affordable housing plan.