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Opponents to the renewal of the 421-a tax credit for developers rallied outside of City Hall Thursday. (Photo: Corner Media)Tenants groups and some local officials are asking the state and city to think twice before they renew a long-standing tax credit for developers. Community-based organizations rallied
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Photo via ballsysalzy [https://www.instagram.com/p/_U8yUoSB68/?tagged=southslope](This story was updated on 11/16/16 with a map of areas impacted by 421-a affordable housing requirements.) After lengthy negotiations, a tentative deal has been struck on a New York City tax credit which has been
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Image via Public Advocate Letitia James.The state’s laws regulating rent increases and eviction policies for the more than two million New Yorkers who live in rent-regulated housing — including thousands of our neighbors [/blog/2015/02/02/local-pols-slam-city-property-tax-exemption-program-saying-fuels-gentrification/
421-A property tax exemption program
The potential sunset [/blog/2015/02/02/local-pols-slam-city-property-tax-exemption-program-saying-fuels-gentrification/] of the city’s 421-A property tax exemption program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/developers/ahp.shtml] has many real estate developers putting a rush on construction projects in
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Councilman Jumaane Williams at the hearing he led Thursday on the 421-A property tax exemption program. (Photo by William Alatriste/NYC Council [https://www.flickr.com/photos/nyccouncil/16398315345/].)Local legislators slammed the city’s 421-A property tax exemption program [http://www.nyc.gov/html/hpd/html/developers/