Monthly Archives: March 2015

You cannot build affordable housing in much of the City according to a report from the Furman Center at NYU yesterday. As developers have been saying for years, the numbers do not pencil out. Creating Affordable Housing Out of Thin … Continue reading →

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams has confirmed he will join Bronx BP Ruben Diaz Jr. on the ABO’s BuildingsNY keynote panel “Housing in the Boroughs: Who Wants It?” at 9 a.m. April 28th in the Javits Center. What goes up … Continue reading →

The rent guidelines season began yesterday with the appointment of three new members to the nine member Rent Guidelines Board by Mayor de Blasio. The two new ‘public’ members include a liberal law professor and the policy director for Local … Continue reading →

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit this week accepted the NY State Court of Appeals opinion that a rent stabilized lease is a public assistance benefit, ruling that therefore the lease could not be sold as part … Continue reading →