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As Albany Debates Rent Regulation, CSS Analysis Shows Rapidly Rising Rents in Many Parts of City
CSS has conducted a preliminary analysis of the NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey to shed light on the important housing issues facing the New York State legislature this year, including the renewal of rent regulations and the 421-a development tax subsidy.
As Albany Dithers, Working Moms Suffer
Testimony: The Mayor’s Proposed Amendments to the 421-a Tax Benefit Program
CSS believes that the 421-a developer tax break should be ended because it costs $1.1 billion a year and delivers only a pittance of affordable housing.
Testimony: City Council Hearing on State’s $100 Million Allocation to NYCHA
Lack of Paid Family Leave Hurts Low-income Working Mothers of Color
Albany Should Scrap Giveaway to Developers
Press Release: CSS Report: Low-Income Working Mothers Impacted By Lack of Paid Family Leave
Albany Should Scrap Giveaway to Developers
Press Release: CSS Applauds Mayor de Blasio’s Funding Support for NYCHA
Working Moms Need Paid Family Leave—Ayana’s Story
A Case Study in Urban Exclusion
Press Release: CSS Report: 421-a Costing City One Million Per Affordable Apartment Created
A Letter to Mayor de Blasio on the Importance of Budget Commitments to NYCHA
The Real Affordability for All (RAFA) Coalition forwarded this letter to Mayor de Blasio urging him to make several strategic, long-range budget commitments to NYCHA and its residents. To date, the letter is signed by the Citywide Council of Presidents (CCOP) and 32 public housing resident associations. In addition, a wide array of advocacy, community, and labor organizations have added their names to the letter. We expect the list to grow in the coming weeks.
New York Should Revisit Mitchell-Lama Housing
Testimony At New York City Rent Guidelines Board Public Meeting
An analysis of the potential impact of rent guidelines on low-income New Yorkers.