HPD has issued a request for proposals for 200 affordable apartments on one of the largest City owned sites left in East New York. The Mayor would also like to see the inclusion of “quality commercial and community use” as well as “open space and environmentally friendly features,” along with local hiring for construction jobs.
Complying with existing and proposed laws that require ignoring criminal histories in employment may be less hazardous, financially, thanks to a new State insurance regulation requiring insurers to provide liability coverage for actions by ex-cons, effective next July.
A proposed bill in the City Council aimed at giving tenants evidence for heat complaints may give owners a financial incentive–$50 for each living room sensor–to install building management systems.
Building owners are responsible to eliminate bedbugs, but the Civil Court in Westchester decided that they are not required to use a more expensive extermination method favored by a tenant.
As of this minute, no special legislative session has been scheduled in Albany to deal with 421a, affordable housing spending, ethics, ride-sharing upstate, or a legislative pay raise, but Governor Cuomo is saying none of these issues are complicated so anything can happen.
It didn’t just happen this week, but it has been an interesting year for housing data analysis in New York City. Various studies have calculated that the length of the commute is worth $56 a minute in rent; that Uber may be changing that calculus for neighborhoods without mass transit; and that taxi pickup and drop off times and location can predict gentrification–watch out Ocean Hill, Brooklyn.