Sentences with phrase «thousands of affordable housing units»

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.

«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.

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.

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Since then, we've had 6 straight years of IDC - Republican control of the Senate; that's 6 budgets where thousands were held unjustly in pre-trial confinement, nearly a hundred thousand units of affordable housing were lost, and millions of kids attended underfunded schools.

As the largest investment in New York State's affordable housing stock in at least 15 years, House NY investments will keep thousands of low - and moderate - income Mitchell - Lama units affordable for another 40 years.

HCR is in the second year of the $ 1 billion House New York program, which creates thousands of new units over five years, and is the largest investment in affordable housing in at least 15 years.

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.

As the largest investment in New York State's affordable housing stock in at least 15 years, House NY will keep thousands of low - and moderate - income Mitchell - Lama units affordable for another 40 years.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

The de Blasio administration's plan to rezone East New York and create or preserve thousands of new affordable housing units may actually displace as many as 50,000 residents, according to City Comptroller Scott Stringer.

I was proud to be a part of creating thousands of units of affordable housing in the City Council and look forward to continuing that goal.»

«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.

In outlining numerous successes The Bronx has seen in recent years, Borough President Diaz noted considerable job growth and new attention from national and international media, as well as billions of dollars in new investment that has been leveraged to create jobs, improve infrastructure and build thousands of units of affordable housing.

The $ 2 billion that Cuomo and the Legislature placed in New York's 2016 - 2017 budget was to be the first installment of a five year, $ 20 billion plan that the governor unveiled in January to create thousands of new units of affordable and supportive housing.

Besides, Bill de Blasio is a proven leader who is used to coming from behind,» said Assemblymember Gabriela Rosa, who pointed to the candidate's promise to create thousands of additional units of affordable housing, as well as his emphasis on providing universal pre-kindergarten.

«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.

«As I've said, over the last couple of decades we've lost several hundred thousand units of affordable housing.

Two - hundred thousand units of affordable housing.

«We have taken hundreds of thousands of affordable units off the rent rolls and made them into luxury housing,» said Silver.

Since 2009, our borough has seen a transformation, with more than $ 7 billion invested on improving the quality of life of all Bronxites, building more and better affordable housing units, greener business infrastructure and creating thousands of new jobs,» said Marlene Cintron, President of the Bronx Overall Economic Development Corporation.

«It's inexplicable since the project will generate nearly 500 units of affordable housing, thousands of jobs and upgraded boilers for the Astoria Houses,» Barowitz told The Post.

And he said he received most of what he wanted regarding the real estate tax breaks, which will lead to the addition of tens of thousands of units of affordable housing.

The borough president also touched on affordable housing, saying she wanted to set aside thousands of NYCHA units specifically for seniors who want to still live independently.

BROOKLYN — The city's plan to rezone East New York in an effort to bring thousands of affordable units to the neighborhood is «not the trigger for displacement» but is instead aimed at preventing locals from leaving, according to the head of the city's Department of Housing Preservation and Development.

There was no doubt that housing was a top - line issue for Mr. Cuomo this year, when he promised to spend $ 20 billion over the next five years to create thousands of affordable and supportive housing units.

«While the inclusionary program, which requires private developers to build developments with 20 percent affordable units, will generate of thousands of units, the biggest piece of the plan will be investments in existing affordable housing buildings and insuring people are able to stay there for the long term,» Cestero said.

Even more important, it would include thousands of residential units — with 15 to 20 percent deemed «affordable» — to a region starved for housing.

Meaningful improvements to the LIHTC (Low Income Housing Tax Credit), including a significant increase in funding and a change in the average income test, which should result in hundreds of thousands of new affordable housingHousing Tax Credit), including a significant increase in funding and a change in the average income test, which should result in hundreds of thousands of new affordable housinghousing units.