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News & Events
NYU Urban Seminar: DAVID KING
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News & Events
NYU Urban Seminar: Cesar Hidalgo on Urban Perception and Neighborhood Amenities
Co-hosted by the NYU Furman Center and the Marron Institute, the latest NYU Urban Seminar featured Cesar Hidalgo, leader of the Macro Connections group at the MIT Media Lab and Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences at MIT.
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NYCHA Eyeing LES for Market-Rate Apartments | De Blasio Spars with Giuliani on Homelessness
NYCHA director of governmental relations Brian Honan revealed that the Lower East Side may be one of the sites that the housing authority is considering for the controversial NextGeneration program, which calls for leasing land to private developers. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio called former mayor Rudy Giuliani ‘delusional’ on Monday, after Giuliani wrote an op-ed in the New York Post blaming de Blasio’s administration for causing the city’s homelessness crisis.
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Ditching Dorms for Apts | Affordable Alternative to BK in NJ | Changing Tone on Homelessness
New rules for landlords who want to buy out tenants in rent-regulated apartments. The role of public investments in gentrification. Governor Cuomo says the state is not to blame in increase in homelessness.
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NYU Urban Seminar: Tatiana Peralta-Quirós on Urban Accessibility
Co-hosted by the NYU Furman Center and the Marron Institute, the NYU Urban Seminar kicked off with Tatiana Peralta-Quirós, an urban mobility and technology specialist with the World Bank.
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Small Business Districts Thrive | Art Galleries Leaving Chelsea
Despite the predominance of multinational chain stores populating prime real estate in Manhattan and most US city centers, districts made up of individually owned shops still exist, and some historic clusters manage to hang on. Ten years ago, a group of seven young art dealers opened galleries in former loading docks on a deserted cobblestone street, helping transform Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood into an art destination. Now, only two of the galleries remain after the rest relocated or closed because of high rents.
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Office Construction Heats Up | Sustainability in Low-Income NY | London’s Luxury Housing
Why Louisiana fought low-income housing in New Orleans. Wage talks begin for workers at residential projects receiving lucrative tax break. The most expensive cities in the U.S. for singles and families.
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NYC Homelessness | BK Leads Affordable Housing Unit Boom | US Most Expensive Neighborhoods
The economic recovery has not shown any decline in the share of young adults who are living at home with their parents. White House expanded its push for greater renewable energy adoption for homeowners and builders. City Hall responds cautiously to proposed Long Island City mega-project.
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Brooklyn Skyscraper Boom to Bring 22K Units in 5 Years | NYC Disputes FEMA on Flood Risk
Thousands of apartments in glassy high-rises are anticipated to take over the Brooklyn skyline over the next five years in the biggest construction boom in a decade, according to a new report. New York City is challenging FEMA’s flood risk map, saying it overstates the risk of flooding in much of the expanded flood zone, unnecessarily imposing insurance and other costs on homeowners.
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Key Coalition Backs NYCHA Infill Plan | Rents Rise Fastest for Non-Luxury Apartments
The Alliance to Preserve Public Housing offered qualified support for the proposal to build affordable housing at existing public housing developments in a letter to NYCHA this week. Developers’ focus on high end residencies is resulting in an affordable unit shortage, causing rents to rise faster for midtier apartments than for luxury ones.