January 21, 2023
New York Mayor Eric Adams has come forward with significant land use proposals in the past few weeks, all under the rubric of “City of Yes.” Although much of the attention is focused on Adams’ proposals to generate 500,000 new housing units, there is another significant component of City of Yes that has been overlooked: his proposed revisions to the use regulations of the Zoning Resolution, dubbed the “City of Economic Opportunity.”
August 4, 2023
400 new affordable apartments were announced for the Financial District this past week. Roughly a third of the new buildings at 5 World Trade Center, will be set aside for middle- and working-class New Yorkers, with 80 of those apartments earmarked for people who lived and worked near the old World Trade Center as well… Read more »
May 22, 2023
“The mortgage refinancing boom is over, but its impact will be seen for decades to come”. Fed data shows that about 14 million mortgages were refinanced during the pandemic period starting in March 2020. Some 64% were considered “rate refinances,” or homeowners looking to take advantage of lower borrowing costs. Average savings totaled about $220… Read more »
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