September 5, 2014
Planning and Protesting at the Brooklyn Book Festival
I will be moderating a panel at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 21st at 10am in the Brooklyn Law School Moot Courtroom. The panel is Planning and Protesting: Cities Evolve! With the city constantly evolving, each major … Continue reading
September 5, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 29, 2014
Compact Units: Mountain or Molehill?
NYU’s Furman Center has posted a short Research Brief, Compact Units: Demand and Challenges. The brief notes that there is no formal definition of a compact or micro unit of housing, but the term is typically used to refer to … Continue reading
August 29, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 28, 2014
Location Affordability in NYC
Following up on two earlier posts (here and here) about Citizens Budget Commission policy briefs on housing affordability, I turn to a third one, Location Affordability in Large U.S. Cities. As a refresher, “Location affordability recognizes that the costs of … Continue reading
August 28, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 25, 2014
Location Affordability
Following up on an earlier post on NYC’s (Affordable) Housing Crisis, I turn to the Citizen Budget Commission’s report on Housing Affordability Versus Location Affordability. The report opens, How much more would you pay for an apartment just a short … Continue reading
August 25, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
August 21, 2014
NYC’s (Affordable) Housing Crisis
The Citizen’s Budget Commission is releasing a series of Policy Briefs on affordable housing in New York City. They raise interesting questions. The first policy brief, The Affordable Housing Crisis: How Bad Is It in New York City, compares the … Continue reading
August 21, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
July 31, 2014
Reiss on the Poor Door
Law360 quoted me in ‘Poor Door’ A Symptom Of Tough Balancing Act In Housing (behind a paywall). It opens, Extell Development Co.’s so-called “poor door” — a separate entrance for affordable housing tenants at a development on Riverside Drive — … Continue reading
July 31, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
July 28, 2014
NYC’s Abandoned Public Housing
The Community Service Society issued an important report, Strengthening New York City’s Public Housing. Public housing has a terrible reputation in much of the country, but the New York City Housing Authority traditionally had the reputation, notwithstanding its real flaws, … Continue reading
July 28, 2014 in New York City | Permalink | No Comments
