Mayor de Blasio today announced that the City financed 25,299 affordable homes in Fiscal Year 2019, and a total of 135,437 affordable homes since 2014, significant strides toward the Mayor’s goal to create 300,000 affordable homes by 2026 through the Housing New York (HNY) plan.
De Blasio's administration gave updates to new Yorkers who ay preferential rents for their rent stabilized apartments who can benefit from the rent freeze program.
Mayor de Blasio announced today that his administration financed 34,160 affordable homes last year, setting a new high-water mark for affordable housing production in New York City.
Emergency Executive Order No. 224, dated October 7, 2022, as it relates to State of Emergency. A state of emergency is hereby declared to exist within the City of New York based on the arrival of thousands of individuals and families seeking asylum, to be extended for five (5) days.
Executive Order No. 31 shall take effect immediately. Chapter 225 provides the Public Housing Preservation Trust be governed by Board of Trustees, Chief Housing Officer of the City of New York, performs the duties and powers commensurate to a Deputy Mayor in areas of public policy, and housing.
Executive Order No. 38 is being submitted as the Establishment of the Task Force, establishing an interagency Housing at Risk Task Force, dated December 6, 2023. This order shall take effect immediately.
City will invest additional $3.9 million to prevent and reduce domestic violence, including healthy relationship education in middle schools, a new comprehensive web-based portal and public awareness campaign, and new resources to help survivors stay in their homes.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces the team who will lead his administration’s affordable housing strategy. Jessica Katz as the city’s chief housing officer. Adolfo Carrión Jr. as the commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announces a settlement that paves the way for the creation of 82 affordable homes for low-income and formerly homeless New Yorkers at 258 West 97th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York Attorney General Letitia James shut down a Brooklyn-based slumlord and scored a victory for tenants’ rights after a group of tenants were subjected to unlawful evictions in July 2020.
Mayor De Blasio today announced that the de Blasio administration has financed the preservation or new construction of 200,000 affordable homes, the most in one administration in New York City history.
New York City Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer John Paul Farmer announced today a major milestone in the City’s effort to bring new internet connectivity options to New York City Housing Authority residents and to create a shift in the local broadband market.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that Maria Torres-Springer will step down as Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development in early March to take on a new role as Vice President of U.S. Programs for the Ford Foundation.
Today, Mayor Bill de Blasio appointed Jackie Bray as Director of The Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants. The Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants will spearhead the City’s anti-harassment initiatives, enhance interagency enforcement and closely engage with tenants and advocates.