The New York Housing Conference submitted testimony this week informing the public about the risk of evictions due to the pandemic and recession and the need for additional rental assistance. We testified to the City Council Committee on Housing and Buildings and the Committee on General Welfare. In our testimony, we talked about the need […]
This month, NYHC and RLN hosted the second Winter Thought Leader event of the season. Carolyn Grossman Meagher presented key findings from the a recent Department of City Planning report covering regional housing production over the last decade and Noah Kazis discussed the tools, laws, and politics of reforming exclusionary zoning in New York and […]
Mayor Eric Adams released his first budget yesterday – the 2023 Preliminary Budget – and we are extremely disappointed that he did not even mention housing in his remarks nor prioritize it in his budget plans. Instead, he chose to maintain the status quo and abandon his campaign promise to double city capital spending on […]
When candidate Eric Adams met with the United for Housing coalition in March of 2021, he made a bold promise to allocate $4 billion in capital for affordable housing and public housing in New York City, calling it “a smart ask.” He also supported the principles we used to guide us in developing our recommendations, […]
The city Department of Housing Preservation and Development is mired in a significant staffing crisis that began in earnest when hiring freezes and decreased rehiring were implemented during the pandemic. Its staffing shortage is slowing down housing production, potentially fueling further exits from the agency, and delaying the delivery of much-needed affordable and supportive housing […]
Rachel Fee wrote an Op-Ed in the New York Daily News sharing recommendations from United for Housing about what Mayor Eric Adams should do in his first 100 days to combat the housing crisis. Now that Mayor Adams has officially announced his top housing advisers — Jessica Katz as chief housing officer at City Hall […]
NYHC executive director Rachel Fee testified at Monday’s 2022 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on housing. We are encouraged by Governor Hochul’s $216.3 billion Executive Budget, including the $4.5 billion five-year housing plan and new land use proposal to unlock housing opportunity across the state. The framework for the new housing plan and accompanying legislative proposals […]
This week NYHC and RLN hosted the first installment of our Winter Thought Leader Series. The event focused on: Climate, Sustainability & Affordable Housing, and featured Samantha Pearce, Vice President of Sustainability at NYS Homes and Community Renewal and moderated by Daphany Rose Sanchez, Executive Director of Resources from Kinetic Communities. New York State passed […]
This week, the New York Housing Conference along with 87 partners sent a letter to Mayor Eric Adams calling for HPD to be exempt from the mayor’s 3 percent budget cuts. Mayor Adams has directed city agencies, including the Department of Housing Preservation, to make 3 percent cuts to their budget in 2022, 2023 and […]
This week, Governor Kathy Hochul released a $216.3 billion Executive Budget that proposes a new five-year housing plan, continues investment in existing housing programs and introduces policy changes to spur the creation of affordable housing across the state. NYHC is encouraged by the Executive Budget proposal, which includes a very significant increase in capital over the last […]