De Blasio Administration Announces a Record-Breaking 20,325 Affordable Apartments and Homes Financed in Last Fiscal Year, Enough for 50,000 New Yorkers 

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More new affordable apartments underway than at any time since City’s housing department was created in 1978 New programs for seniors, extremely low income New Yorkers and homeless families drive the creation of thousands of new apartments Major progress towards City’s goal of 200,000 affordable apartments in 10 years NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio today…

Schumer, Gillibrand, Serrano, Rangel, Crowley Announce Congress Has Passed Legislation that will Recognize the First Puerto Rican Congressman in US History, Herman Badillo, by Naming Bronx’s Morrisania Post Office in his Honor; Urge President To Sign Legislation Immediately 

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History Maker Herman Badillo Served as Bronx Borough President & Was First Puerto Rican to Serve as Congressman; Badillo Also Served as NYC Deputy Mayor Under Ed Koch Schumer, Gillibrand, Serrano, Rangel, Crowley Put Forth Legislation to Rename Post Office in the Bronx After Herman Badillo, Which Has Now Passed Both Senate & House; Next…

Lights, Camera, Action in the Bronx! Silvercup North to open next year

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Silvercup Studios expanding with a new Bronx film and television production facility; $35M project brings hundreds of well-paying jobs New York, NY– July 7, 2015 – To help meet the growing needs of New York’s booming film and television production industry, Silvercup Studios, the Northeast’s leading independent film and television production studio facility, announced plans…

HPD Commissioner Been Announces Request for Proposals to Build a New Affordable Mixed-Income Development in the Mott Haven Neighborhood of The Bronx

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425 Grand Concourse, Location Of The Former P.S. 31 School Building, Will Be Transformed Into A New, Mixed-Income Affordable Housing Development Bronx, NY – New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Commissioner Vicki Been announced today the release of a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop a new mixed-income affordable housing…

BP Diaz Praises Rent Freeze

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Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. is praising this evening’s vote of the Rent Guidelines Board, which voted to freeze rents for rent stabilized tenants with one-year leases and to approve a two percent increase for tenants with two-year leases. “Tonight’s vote of the Rent Guidelines Board is historic, and will provide meaningful relief for…