New York Housing Conference testified before two City Council hearings recently. First, NYHC testified before a joint hearing of the Committee on Land Use and Committee on Housing and Buildings about Speaker Adrienne Adams’s fair housing legislation. NYHC supports the legislation, which would require the administration to set housing and affordable housing targets for each […]
The Rising Leader’s Network hosted its final Summer Series of the year, which focused on the pipeline from shelter to permanent affordable and supportive housing. The panel was moderated by RLN board member Alison Glaser, Senior Project Manager at NYC HDC and included Aileen Reynolds, Assistant Commissioner of Housing Opportunity at NYC HPD, Kelly Quirk, […]
The Rising Leader’s Network hosted its second Summer Series of the year on one of the most pressing issues facing affordable housing today: the rising cost of premiums for property and liability insurance. The panel was moderated by RLN board member Robert Poole, Project Manager at Bronx Pro Group and included Susan Camerata, Principal and […]
The Rising Leader’s Network hosted its first Summer Series of the year on the National Zoning Atlas project. Panelists included Aline Fader, Zoning Project Coordinator at the National Zoning Atlas, Cornell University, Max Latona, Professor & Executive Director of the Center for Ethics in Society at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire, Melissa Kaplan-Macey, VP […]
Yesterday, the Assembly passed two more uncontroversial housing bills that the New York Housing Conference identified as key bills to pass before members returned home. Though session ended over a week ago, the Assembly returned to address unfinished business. This included: Both the Senate and Assembly passed a new J-51 Preservation Tax Incentive: S4709A/A7758 (Kavanagh/Braunstein) before session ended. […]
The New York Housing Conference and the New York State Association for Affordable Housing led a sign-on letter to State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie calling on the Assembly to pass A.6655, The Housing Affordability, Resiliency, and Energy Efficiency Investment Act of 2023 (HAREEIA – formerly known as Affordability Plus). This legislation would update New York […]
The New York Housing Conference (NYHC) updated the NYC Housing Tracker and released the 2023 NYC Housing Tracker Report, adding data on housing production in 2022 – the first full year of Mayor Eric Adams’s administration. It also includes new City Council district data on the number of housing units with expiring affordability. The tracker now also includes […]
Today, NYHC testified in support of Reso. 563, which calls upon the State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, S.2985 – the “Housing Affordability, Resiliency, and Energy Efficiency Investment Act of 2023 (HAREEIA). HAREEIA would modernize the NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD) loan authority which is necessary for the City […]
NYHC released a report looking at the impact that the absence of state housing legislation will have on New York City’s affordable housing production. The brief has been corrected to reflect production data that was updated by the city on May 22, 2023. While housing has been a top issue in Albany in this year […]
NYHC held our annual Congressional Delegation Affordable Housing Breakfast, which convenes the NY Congressional Delegation Members, City and State housing officials and affordable housing stakeholders to discuss affordable housing priorities for New York in Appropriations, Tax Policy and HUD Regulations. We thank House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Congressman Ritchie Torres as well as RuthAnne Visnauskas, […]