
Janaki Chadha
Real Estate Reporter, New York Pro at POLITICO
Covering housing/real estate @PoliticoNY. Reach me at [email protected]
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Jeff Coltin |Janaki Chadha |Nick Reisman |Emily Ngo
With help from Cris Seda ChabrierAndrew Cuomo has a harsh assessment of the state’s multi-family housing tax break — the one that came after his tenure as governor, of course. “485-x doesn’t work,” he said in an interview with Playbook Sunday, after his mayoral campaign released its housing plan. It mirrors frustrations from the city’s top developers, who pushed for a new rental housing tax break for years, only to be disappointed by the version they got in Albany last spring.
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4 weeks ago |
politico.com | Janaki Chadha |Joe Anuta |Bill Mahoney |Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman |Emily Ngo
With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Mayoral candidates want to implement looser restrictions on apartment construction to meet demand. The city has a 1.4 percent rental vacancy rate. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images New York City has a mammoth housing crisis — and nearly every candidate vying to oust Mayor Eric Adams agrees that City Hall must loosen restrictions on building apartments to meet demand. City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling for 500,000 new homes of all kinds over 10 years.
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4 weeks ago |
politico.com | Janaki Chadha
“I don’t remember another campaign where candidates were looking to match or even leapfrog one another in terms of the amount of housing they think should be built here,” said Howard Slatkin, executive director of the Citizens Housing & Planning Council.
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1 month ago |
politico.com | Janaki Chadha |Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman |Emily Ngo
With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Frontrunner Andrew Cuomo is expressing regrets over rent laws he passed as governor. | Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images NEW YORK MINUTE: It’s Election Day in southern Brooklyn, where state Sen. Simcha Felder is facing off against permit expediter and perennial candidate Heshy Tischler for the City Council seat that Kalman Yeger vacated to join the Assembly.
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1 month ago |
politico.com | Janaki Chadha |Sally Goldenberg
The former governor expressed regret over certain elements of the 2019 package in a meeting with the Real Estate Board of New York. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaks at a luncheon on March 10, 2025, in New York City. | David Dee Delgado/Getty Images NEW YORK — Andrew Cuomo privately expressed regret to a receptive audience about elements of rent reforms he approved as governor, two people familiar with his remarks told POLITICO.
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