Category: Education
NYCHA’s NextGen Threatens More Harm than Hope | OpEd for City Limits
In December 2018, the second and seemingly final installment of NextGeneration NYCHA (NextGen) was announced. This version includes three mechanisms that the city claims will address the housing authority’s financial deficits, failing infrastructure, and deteriorating living conditions. These mechanisms invite private developers to build on NYCHA’s campuses, convert units to…
Velázquez Seeks Funding for Public Housing | Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez
In October of 2019: Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) has introduced the Public Housing Emergency Response Act, legislation to allocate $70 billion for public housing capital repairs and upgrades nationally. Under the proposal, $32 billion would flow to the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Continue Reading >> Velázquez Seeks…
The Millionaire’s Tax to Fund NYCHA
NY State Senate Bill S4511A is sometimes called the millionaire's tax to fund NYCHA. This bill amends tax law to increase tax rate on New York State residents with taxable incomes of one million dollars and use the revenue created by that tax to fund capital improvements to the New…
Abolish This Luxury Property Tax Break and Save NYCHA | OpEd for City Limits
So we’re taking the necessary action, and we’re cosponsoring legislation that will reform the Cooperative/Condominium Property Tax Abatement by ending tax breaks for luxury owners who don’t need them. The top three largest abatements in the city each amount to more than $44,000 every year. Those represent just 17 percent…
Lawmakers: Axe Tax Break for High-End Condos and Coops to Help Fund NYCHA | Article for City Limits
The state budget found new money for a lot of important causes—education aid, transit improvements, clean water—but not for public housing, despite the persistent crisis at New York’s housing authority. While the city would be on the hook to spend billions on NYCHA under a proposed federal settlement, the authority…
N.Y. Had a Plan for a ‘Pied-à-Terre’ Tax on Expensive Homes. The Real Estate Industry Stopped It. | Article from The New York Times
ALBANY — When state leaders rallied this month behind a proposal to tax luxury second homes in New York City, it seemed to encapsulate the goals of the Capitol’s new Democratic leadership: The bill would simultaneously help pay for public transit, vex real estate developers and target the überwealthy.The sudden…
Know Your Rights – Booklet
Tenants in NYC have a robust and growing set of rights that have been won through past organizing. This printable one pager gives you an overview of the rights you’re entitled to, some insight into the meaningful role tenant organizing, or tenants who are purusing their right to housing collectively,…
The long-term health consequences of living at NYCHA | Article in Politico
The television, the outlets, the desk are all covered in dust. The grime on the windows is so thick that there is almost no visibility. Black mold dots the walls and the ceiling.Soon after Estrella moved into her New York City Housing Authority apartment in the Bronx, her toddler David…
