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Affordable housing is often defined as housing that costs 30 percent or less of a household's income...

A community group has rejected a proposal for new infill housing on one of the finest landmarked blo...

Around 100 people gathered on a sidewalk near City Hall in Manhattan Tuesday morning to demand chang...

The full-service restaurant and dining out for pleasure is a 19th century invention, born of the pre...

In October 2017, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his reformed affordable housing strategy. Titled “...

Editor's note: This is an update of a series that ran in 2012. Read the originals here: Part 1, Part...

Editor’s Note: This post is an updated version of a series that ran in 2011. Read Part 1, Part 2, ...

You may have heard the term “redlining” in discussions of neighborhoods like Bed Stuy or East Ne...

Imagine being told your entire life that you were not really a citizen of your town or country. Im...

Gentrification. It's one of those words that gets thrown around in the media and casual conversation...