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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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February 25, 2014
In order to build Mayor de Blasio’s goal of 200,000 units of affordable housing in New York City, we must do just that – build. The Daily News reported last week that the Mayor told the Real Estate Board of New York “… the only way I can achieve my goals is if we are building and building aggressively.”
Blog
January 22, 2014
The definition of speculative investment is buying something based not on what you think you can do with it now, but what you hope you can do with it in the future. Crain’s New York describes a developer who’s done just that.
Blog
January 22, 2014
In a January 5, 2014 opinion piece in the New York Daily News, ANHD lays out how Mayor de Blasio's affordable housing policy should include Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning and continue with even deeper reforms. While during the Koch years the city's task was to catalyze much needed investment, in the current moment where real estate investment is flowing the City's task is to ensure long-term and real affordability for the community.
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January 22, 2014
With an annual revenue of over $143 billion, the City is banking much of it with the Boston-based State Street Bank Trust which has no obligation under the Community Reinvestment Act to reinvest in our communities.