New York State officials have set the stage to take action on the state’s housing crisis. On Monday, the governor announced a framework for a package of housing laws that would make it easier to build homes and curb the skyrocketing cost of living. Leaders are still hashing out details. But proponents say the package […]
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New York state leaders have reached a deal on the framework of a legislative plan to address one of the worst housing crises in the nation, according to three people familiar with the deal who spoke anonymously because they did not want to jeopardize negotiations. The agreement was negotiated by the governor and leaders in […]
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A five-minute walk to work and around $600 a month in rent was hard to pass up in 1990. Rodolfo Calica worked as a parking attendant at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park, Brooklyn. His wife, Queenie Calica, also began working there in the 2000s as a housekeeper. It made sense to them to move […]
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