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The ANHD Blog raises the profile of our issues, and educates our member groups, city decision makers, and the general public on our core issue areas. The ANHD Blog offers sharp, timely and effective commentary on key public policy issues, as well as our work and the work of our member groups.
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September 22, 2016
The tenant displacement crisis is at the center of neighborhood concerns and City policy focus. We cannot allow market forces to price and push out our City’s diverse communities. ANHD today released the Displacement Alert Project Map (the DAP Map) that, for the first time, presents key information in an interactive, easy-to-use map that local activists, service providers and policy makers have long needed.
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September 21, 2016
The ANHD family mourns the loss of David Pagan, who passed away yesterday after a short illness. David was a lion of the community development movement in New York City, leading the Los Sures community development group on the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn from its early days in the 1970s until his retirement in 2010. David’s life, and the impact of his work and leadership in Williamsburg and in the community development movement across New York City, has been extraordinary.
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September 7, 2016
August is usually a quiet time for City policy news, but this past month two zoning and affordable housing struggles made headlines. One was the decision by Upper Manhattan Councilmember Rodriguez to block a vote on the proposed Sherman Plaza housing development, the other was a decision by Queens Councilmember Van Bramer to block a vote on the proposed Barnett Avenue affordable housing development in Sunnyside.
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August 9, 2016
As Crain's yesterday noted, the proposed Brooklyn Queens Connector (BQX) poses serious challenges to the industrial and manufacturing businesses along its potential route. However, the lack of zoning protections for manufacturing-zoned (M-zone) land leaves the future of the sector in jeopardy, regardless of whether or not the BQX moves forward.
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August 3, 2016
ANHD congratulates the federal bank regulators for elevating economic development as an important area of banks' Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) obligations. For the past two years, ANHD has been advocating for the regulators and examiners to place more emphasis on this category and for banks to increase their CRA activity towards equitable economic development.
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July 14, 2016
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June 26, 2016
In the final days of this session, Albany elected, City officials, Real Estate and Labor continue to debate an agreement on the 421a developer tax exemption, which sunset earlier this year. Last night, at 11:58 PM, new 421a legislation was introduced in the Senate which gives away more to Real Estate, requires less affordability, and leaves tax payers footing an even bigger bill.
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June 23, 2016
The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development (ANHD) is today releasing its annual report, State of Bank Reinvestment in NYC: 2015 analyzing how banks meet neighborhood credit needs and the local impact of the Community Reinvestment Act. ANHD has a deep appreciation of both the need for and the benefits of effective bank reinvestment and policies that hold banks accountable to help meet the credit needs of our at-risk communities.
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June 22, 2016
Tenant harassment is a growing crisis as more and more neighborhoods face a rising tide of speculative investment and active displacement pressure. Yesterday, tenants from around NYC took action at their buildings to highlight the need for stronger protections against harassment.
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June 21, 2016
The City Council took an important first step today to protect New York City's small businesses and passed Intro 851 to curtail harassment of commercial tenants. This bill, sponsored by Council Member Robert Cornegy, chair of Council's Committee on Small Business, creates for the first time a definition of commercial tenant harassment and provides business owners with the ability to litigate against unscrupulous landlords.