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The Real Deal: Council Considers Monitoring So-Called Predatory Landlords
The New York City Council introduced three bills Monday that aim to provide greater protection to tenants at risk of being illegally evicted.
NY Daily News: Construction Worker Badly Injured After he Falls Seven Stories Down Elevator Shaft at Brooklyn Site
A construction worker was critically injured on his second day of work when he fell seven stories down an elevator shaft in Brooklyn Tuesday, officials said.
NY Daily News: Scott Stringer Report Shows NYC is Getting Worse at Hiring Firms Owned by Minorities, Women
The city is doling out less of its contract cash to businesses owned by minorities and women, a new report by City Controller Scott Stringer found.
ENR: Construction Nonfatal Injury Rate Dips Slightly in 2015
The construction industry’s nonfatal injury and illness rate—a key construction safety indicator—edged down last year, though the total number of those incidents rose, the Labor Dept. has reported.
Jewish Voice: NYC Landlords Reap Benefits of Affordable Housing; Get Unjustified Tax Breaks
Thousands of landlords are getting 421a tax breaks that they didn’t qualify for.
Crain’s New York: De Blasio Housing Czar Personally Tells Developers to House Homeless in Affordable Units
A top de Blasio official has been calling developers of affordable rental buildings about a new regulation that would require them to house homeless families—the administration's latest attempt to stem the city's record-setting shelter population.
Crain’s New York: Opinion: Criticism of de Blasio’s Housing Plan is Baseless
The only failure here is the federal government’s inability to provide additional subsidies to create and preserve more Section 8 and public housing for the lowest-income New Yorkers.
Politico: New Lawsuit Aims to Undo City Regulation on Wind Speeds and Crane Safety
Five contractor associations filed the suit Tuesday afternoon in State Supreme Court in Manhattan to block the city's prohibition on crawler cranes operating when winds exceed 30 miles per hour.
NY Education – Districts could see relief in tax cap for next school year
The 2017-18 school year could bring some fiscal relief for school districts, as new economic data suggests the state cap on property taxes will rise above one percent.
Crain’s: Bureaucratic bottleneck slows city’s construction boom
With construction seemingly on every corner, it might come as a surprise to New Yorkers that many projects haven’t been able to put shovels in the ground. It’s not for lack of financing, crews or equipment. What’s missing is a single worker, whose absence keeps projects stuck on the drawing board: a site-safety person.
New York Government Relations, Advocacy and Communications Team Comes Together to Form Cahill Strategies
New York Government Relations and Communications firm brings together years of experience in the areas of Government Relations, Advocacy, and Communications forming Cahill Strategies to service New York City and Long Island clients.
The Real Deal: Developers are still planning rentals after 421a, just not as many: housing group
The Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development, a group representing nonprofit developers who focus on below-market-rate housing, released an analysis claiming that rental development is still trickling in without the contentious tax abatement,.