News to the Mayor-Homelessness is an issue!

Jan 25, 2017 | MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Pay to Play, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability

On the heels of Politico’s report on the new record death statistics from 2016, far surpassing recent years, the DAILY NEWS has an exclusive report on Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen and her misaligned priorities in handling the homelessness crisis.  Considered at its...

Seeing is Believing: ZQA & MIH

Mar 23, 2016 | MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability

  Seeing Is Believing We’re still in the process of wading through the 496 pages of zoning text amendments released to the public over the weekend… two days after the March 17, 2016, New York City Council committee-level approval of Mayor de Blasio’s...

Vote Looms on Height Increases

Mar 15, 2016 | Advocacy, Affordable Housing, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, Landmarks at Risk, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability

MAYOR DE BLASIO’S HEIGHT INCREASES WON’T IMPROVE QUALITY OR AFFORDABILITY* Yet, there is talk of a “deal” on sweeping citywide zoning changes Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH) and reports that...

ZQA sees its day in City Council

Feb 10, 2016 | Advocacy, City Council, City Hall, Dept. of City Planning, MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Zoning, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability

Beginning at 9:30 this morning, the City Council Committee on Zoning and Franchises began a hearing on the Department of City Planning and Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s proposal for ZQA, or more formally, Zoning for Quality and...

Preservation Groups Blast Approval of Citywide Rezoning Plans With No Substantive Changes

Feb 3, 2016 | MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, Watch List, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability

PRESS RELEASE February 3, 2016   PRESERVATION GROUPS BLAST APPROVAL OF CITYWIDE REZONING PLANS WITH NO SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES,  VOW TO BRING FIGHT TO CITY COUNCIL   Contact: Andrew Berman, Exec. Dir., Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation 212-475-9585 x38...

The BIG Deal! [updated]

Jan 29, 2016 | MIH-Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, Preservation Under Fire, ZQA-Zoning for Quality and Affordability

Challenging de Blasio’s Height-Raising Rezoning Plans Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) & Mandatory Inclusionary Housing (MIH): THE BIG DEAL  The Mayor’s proposed Zoning for Quality and Affordability (ZQA) and Mandatory Inclusionary Housing...