Tag: Housing

• NYC Holds First Remembrance Ruck on Brooklyn Bridge (Sept. 13, 2026) — DVS Resource Fair Connects Veterans to Housing, Benefits and Mental-Health Support

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  Sep 15

  New York City held its first-ever Remembrance Ruck on Sept. 13, 2026, a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge honoring post‑9/11 fallen service members that ended with a resource fair at… more ›

• DCP and DOB Now Coordinate to Prevent Deleted BINs/TBINs From Halting Permits, TCOs — Two-Step Address Workflow Starts Jan. 1, 2027

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  Sep 11

  DCP briefs practitioners on how it will work with DOB/DOB Now to stop temporary building identification numbers (TBINs/BINs) from being deleted mid-review and blocking permits, TCOs, and CFOs as the… more ›

• DCP to Standardize NYC Address-Assignment Fees and Digitize City Map — Rollout Begins Jan. 1, 2027; CityPay Payments Planned

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  Sep 11

  New York City Department of City Planning says it will standardize address-assignment fees across all five boroughs and move address-assignment and city map functions into a single, digitized system —… more ›

• Council members oppose John Mangen’s BSA confirmation, citing his role in land‑use overhaul and FastTrack affordable‑housing concerns

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  Sep 11

  New York City Council’s Sept. 10, 2026 stated meeting included votes and floor statements opposing the confirmation of John Mangen as chair of the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA),… more ›

• City Council approves rezonings at 108th St (Queens) and 200 Kent (Brooklyn) — 262 new units total, MIH edits yield 66 affordable homes

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  Sep 11

  New York City Council’s Sept. 10, 2026 stated meeting approved two separate rezoning applications — 108th Street in Queens and 200 Kent Avenue in Brooklyn — and modified how Mandatory… more ›

• Sheepshead Bay Rezoning at 2959 Avenue Y Certified — Planners Press for Floodproofing and Use of Latest NYC Sea‑Level Projections

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  Sep 11

  Sheepshead Bay rezoning at 2959 Avenue Y was certified by the City Planning Commission on Sept. 9, 2026, after commissioners pressed the applicant to clarify climate‑resilience measures — including elevations,… more ›

• Coney Island Rezoning: Developer Reaffirms 300‑Bed Long‑Term Care Plan — City Planners Demand Binding Safeguards Against Residential Switch

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  Sep 11

  1455 Coney Island Avenue: City Planning Commission hears that the applicant submitted an August 20 letter reaffirming an intent to build a 300‑bed long‑term care facility, while commissioners pressed Department… more ›

• NYC Planning Commission Weighs Rules to Fast‑Track Rezoning — 90‑Day Expedited Land‑Use Review and Affordable Housing Appeals Board Draw Scrutiny

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  Sep 11

  New York City’s City Planning Commission held a public hearing on September 9 to consider Department of City Planning (DCP) rules implementing the expedited land use review procedure (ELRP) and… more ›

• West Harlem Residents Say DOHMH Response Lagged Behind Upper East Side — Demand Translated Outreach and Local Testing Sites

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  Sep 3

  NYC Council oversight hearing on Legionnaires disease in Harlem and the Upper East Side highlighted resident complaints about slower, less-resourced Department of Health outreach in West Harlem, calls for translated… more ›

• Zoning Panel Presses John Mangen on CBAs and EIS ‘No Significant Impact’ Rulings in ‘City of Yes’ Rezonings — Nominee Cites $5B in Mitigations

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  Sep 3

  The City Council’s zoning committee questioned Mayor Adams’s nominee to chair the Board of Standards and Appeals over how community‑benefit agreements (CBAs), negotiated mitigations and environmental reviews were weighed in… more ›

• Council Grills BSA Nominee John Mangen on FastTrack Affordable‑Housing Rules — Who Qualifies, ‘Bottom‑12’ Districts and Jan. 1, 2027 Launch

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  Sep 3

  New York City Council members questioned Mayor’s nominee to lead the Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA), John Mangen, about how the newly created BSA FastTrack for affordable housing will… more ›

• Know Your Zone: NYC Maps Six Coastal Evacuation Areas — Zone 1 Most Vulnerable; Check finder.nyc.gov/hurricane and Sign Up for NOTIFYNYC

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  Sep 2

  New York City officials reminded residents during a mayoral briefing about hurricane season that the city uses six coastal evacuation zones — with Zone 1 the most vulnerable — and… more ›

• City Planning Commission Recommends Park Avenue Rezoning in Brooklyn — 391 Units, 234K sq ft of Schools Proposed as 19 Businesses and 145 Jobs Face Risk

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  Sep 2

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO At a City Planning Commission (CPC) review and special public meeting on August 24, 2026, planners recommended approval of the Park Avenue, Brooklyn rezoning that would convert M1… more ›

• Council presses DOF over 900,000‑property pied‑à‑terre roll — many listings below $5M threshold and sparking privacy fears

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  Aug 20

  City Council committee members pressed the Department of Finance over why it posted a supplemental “pied‑à‑terre” property roll listing roughly 900,000 residential properties — many far below the state’s $5… more ›

• Pied‑à‑terre tax rollout could force co‑ops to tap reserves, City Council hears after DOF mailed 17,000 notices

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  Aug 20

  New York City Council held an oversight hearing on the pied-à-terre (non-primary-residence) property tax rollout after Department of Finance (DOF) mailings identified roughly 17,000 properties as potentially subject to the… more ›