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.
All of our blogs are sorted based on the issues, projects, special tags, and dates they are associated with, and you can use the dropdowns below to filter through our blogs based on these tags. Additionally, you can do a general search through our blog, using the search bar the right. If you can’t find what you are looking for, email comms@anhd.org.
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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.
All of our blogs are sorted based on the issues, projects, special tags, and dates they are associated with, and you can use the dropdowns below to filter through our blogs based on these tags. Additionally, you can do a general search through our blog, using the search bar the right. If you can’t find what you are looking for, email comms@anhd.org.
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October 7, 2015
Last week’s City Limits article details the collapse of the long-contested Rheingold Brewery development deal. The Rheingold saga teaches an important lesson that is especially relevant today because of the many upcoming rezonings.
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October 6, 2015
Zoning has been front and center in the news this fall in New York City. The de Blasio Administration has put forward three new zoning proposals as part of their Housing New York plan. The impact of these zoning proposals ranges from individual property sites, to whole neighborhood areas, to the entire city.
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September 30, 2015
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September 24, 2015
This week, The Federal Reserve Board announced that Benjamin Dulchin, ANHD’s Executive Director, is among the 15 appointees to its newly created Community Advisory Council (CAC) of the Federal Reserve Board. ANHD applauds the Federal Reserve Bank for creating this initiative to draw input from community leaders “with consumer- and community-development-related expertise who will provide information, advice, and recommendations to the Board on a wide range of policy matters and emerging issues of interest.”
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August 14, 2015
The Wall Street Journal turned its hyperbole machine up to “11” in today’s editorial, in broadly condemning the New York City Responsible Banking Act (“a meteor headed straight for the world’s financial sector“). The editorial dismisses the idea that the banking industry has any particular obligation to meet community credit needs, such as affordable housing, foreclosure prevention, and other community development goals.
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August 6, 2015
The fate of the Responsible Banking Act (RBA) once again lies with US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla. In September of last year, Judge Failla ruled against the NY Bankers Association and in favor of the NYC Council and allowed the RBA to move forward. We hope she does so again and will find out soon – the decision is expected by early next week.
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July 31, 2015
The City has announced its long-awaited Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning Policy. It is a significant step forward in building the equitable city that New Yorkers both want and need.
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July 28, 2015
On June 26, 2015 after a long campaign by the tenant and affordable housing movement both he Rent Laws and the 421a Developer Tax Break were renewed in Albany. The results, on both fronts, were not what the tenant movement had hoped despite running an excellent campaign to make 2015 the ‘Year of the Tenant.’