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community-led development
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AMNY: Mamdani Co-Signs Comeback of Nonprofit Property COPA Bill Vetoed by Adams
A hotly debated housing bill that would give nonprofits first dibs on property purchases — vetoed by former Mayor Eric Adams hours before he left office — is likely to get a new chance to pass under the Mamdani administration. Its sponsor is already anticipating lawsuits attempting to stop it.
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The City: Council Revamps Bill Giving Housing Groups First Dibs to Buy — and Landlords Still Object
Housing preservation groups could be first in line to buy troubled apartment buildings when they go up for sale under a City Council bill updated Monday to address pushback.
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City Limits: Social Housing Bill Poised for Breakthrough in City Council
Over five years after it was first proposed, the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) is expected to pass the City Council before the end of the year.
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Community Groups and Electeds Rally at City Hall for Passage of Community Opportunity to Purchase Act
Event Comes as COPA Reaches Veto-Proof Supermajority in Council, and as Legislation to End the Predatory Tax Lien Sale Gets Pivotal Hearing
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Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) Reaches Supermajority in City Council, as New Yorkers Deliver 1,000+ Postcards to Speaker Adams Demanding Passage of the Bill
As housing crisis deepens, New Yorkers’ Halloween-themed action calls for permanently affordable community- and tenant-controlled housing
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City Limits Opinion: NYC Needs Land and Housing for People, Not Profit
City Limits Opinion — From the South Bronx to East New York and beyond, communities are working to reclaim land for public good, take housing off the speculative market, and ensure permanent affordability—through community land trusts (CLTs) and neighborhood-led development.
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City Limits: Social Housing Supporters Revive Push to Boost Nonprofit & Community Ownership
City Limits — Social housing advocates rallied in Foley Square on Tuesday ahead of a City Council hearing on a package of bills aiming to de-privatize residential properties across the five boroughs.
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Testimony Before the NYC Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, in Support of the Community Land Act
More than 20 CLTs are organizing across the five boroughs—up from just two CLTs a decade ago. Through CLTs, communities collectively own and steward land, ensuring it is used for permanently affordable housing and other critical needs. CLTs are a flexible, proven model to protect public subsidy in affordable housing and advance neighborhood-led development without…
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Bronx Buzz: Community Land Trusts
Bronx Buzz — Our Will Spisak speaks with the Bronx Buzz’s Gary Axelbank about the city’s growing community land trust movement.
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Letter to Governor Hochul Regarding NYS Community Development Financial Institution Fund
We, the undersigned labor and community groups and Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), write to urge you to take immediate actions, as outlined below, to repair and restore the NYS CDFI Fund to its intended purpose.