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  The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development  is seeking to identify developers to participate in rebuilding 1-4 unit homes that were destroyed or substantially damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Responses to a request for proposals are due … Continue reading →

The State Division of Homes and Community Renewal has proposed significant changes to the Rent Stabilization Code, gutting the four year statute of limitations on  rent overcharge complaints by creating multiple exceptions, including a random hunt for fraud. The Division … Continue reading →

HPD this week issued a Request For Proposals for Phase II of the Hunters Point development: 1,000 apartments and about 28,000 square feet of retail on a 110,000 square foot site along the East River. Half the units are supposed … Continue reading →

ABO’s Mayoral Forum at BuildingsNY Wednesday got more attention for who did not show up than who did, but the press missed some important statements on housing development from the candidates. Adolfo Carrion Jr. and George McDonald both said they … Continue reading →

The Rent Guidelines Board reported yesterday that the Price Index of Operating Costs for stabilized apartments rose 5.9 percent from 2012 to 2013 and predicted a 2.6 percent increase next year. The numbers are used in helping the board set  … Continue reading →

HPD has issued a Request for Proposals to build affordable housing and possibly retail, commercial, community service, parking, and/or accessory open space  on 185,000 square feet in the Melrose section of the Bronx. The Bronxchester site was once designated for … Continue reading →

It turns out you can build three bedroom apartments in New York and sell them for $500,000, at a profit, if the zoning works for you. It helps if the Satmar community is lobbying for the zoning.  The rapid construction … Continue reading →

Joe Lhota, John Catsimatidis, George McDonald and Adolfo Carrion Jr. will be there. Will you? All the candidates for the Republican nomination have confirmed participation in the ABO Mayoral Candidates Forum on Housing Development, kicking off the BuildingsNY Show at … Continue reading →

They are all going to have to live somewhere. The City population grew by more than 161,000 since 2010, according to the latest Census estimates. There hasn’t been population growth like that since 1950. Brooklyn alone added 60,000 people. Coincidentally, … Continue reading →

Adolfo Carrion Jr. has joined the list of candidates coming to our ABO Mayoral Candidates Forum on Housing Development, kicking off the BuildingsNY Show at 8 a.m. on April 24th. Space will be limited, so sign up for the Show … Continue reading →