Cypress Hills monastery may be razed for apartments, stirring controversy • Brooklyn Paper
The cloistered nuns moved out of the Carmelite monastery on the edge of Highland Park in Cypress Hills…
NYC Property Taxes Expected to Rise as Values Inch Upward – Commercial Observer
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax targeting luxury second homes in New York City, which will take effect July…
Statement on the Finalized 2026 New York State Budget
Regional Plan Association is pleased Governor Hochul and state leaders finalized a New York State budget that takes…
Mamdani’s plan to ‘transfer’ building ownership to tenants uses existing, failed NYC programs
Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s newly unveiled push to strip properties from bad landlords and bestow them onto “responsible” owners…
Mamdani’s plan to squash private landlords will be nothing but a disaster for tenants
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is right about the lack of decent, affordable housing in the city, but he’s worse…
Opinion: Mamdani must act and expand CityFHEPS, after three years of delays
Three years ago, we sat together in City Hall and celebrated what we believed was a turning point…
New York State Budget Set to Remove Major Barrier to New Housing
At New York Focus, our central mission is to help readers better understand how New York really works.…
Opinion: For the first time ever, “all leases, no increases”
New Yorkers are in trouble right now. They’re facing stagnant wages and rising costs for food, transportation and…
Opinion: For the first time ever, “all leases, no increases”
New Yorkers are in trouble right now. They’re facing stagnant wages and rising costs for food, transportation and…
Opinion: Mamdani must act and expand CityFHEPS, after three years of delays
Three years ago, we sat together in City Hall and celebrated what we believed was a turning point…
Real estate, business leaders blast Mamdani’s NYC housing plan as heavy-handed big government
Zo’s building a house of cards. Big Apple real estate and business leaders blasted Democratic socialist Mayor Zohran…
Mayor Mamdani unveils plan to tackle racial disparities in New York City housing
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is unveiling a new initiative on Tuesday aimed at advancing his goal…