Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani (left) and Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo feud over their mayoral qualifications, particularly when it comes to affordability. ( Photo: @zohrankmamdani and @andrewcuomo on Instagram) Cuomo tries fighting Mamdani at his own housing game Andrew Cuomo’s once relatively unplugged mayoral campaign has done quite the 180, as the former governor has taken to social... Voices 18 Aug 2025 | 10:19
Charter Revision Commission Chair Richard Buery (second from left) speaks at the group’s last public meeting in Lower Manhattan, July 21, 2025. ( Photo: Ben Fractenberg/THE CITY) New Yorkers to Vote on Affordable Housing Fast Track and Election Calendar This Fall The Charter Revision Commission voted to place five proposals on the November ballot—four aimed at simplifying and speeding... Voices 26 Jul 2025 | 07:47
Proposed in late 2024, new affordable housing may soon be located at the current site of a parking lot on 5th St. in the East Village. ( Photo: Garrett Owen ) What We Know about the City’s Affordable Housing Proposed for E. 5th St in East Village The East Village may soon get an affordable housing project Ok’d, replacing what is now a parking lot on E. 5th St. between... News 07 Apr 2025 | 05:17
The apartment building is the “first curated rental residence” in the city, according to its website, but chances of landing a spot by a new affordable housing lottery are very slim. Photo via Street Easy ‘Exhibit’ Opens Its Apartment Lottery, Again — With Only Four Vacancies A 2017 luxury apartment building in the Financial District is back on the affordable housing market. But this time around,... News 03 Jan 2023 | 04:26
The team at S:US-Homebase, a group that works to prevent homelessness. Photo courtesy of Alexis Geslani Affordable Housing Seminars for Seniors This July, Project FIND, a nonprofit that provides seniors with affordable housing, and the Community Board 7 Senior Task... News 12 Jul 2022 | 10:53
Dan Miller and Kyle Dontoh of Open New York at a press conference at the Lucerne Hotel in September. Photo: Alexis Gelber Grassroots Group Eyes Progress Amid Lucerne Activism At one of the recent press conferences about the Lucerne homeless shelter saga on the Upper West Side, the crowd included... News 04 Oct 2020 | 04:22
