Tag: poor door
Luxury real estate developers will no longer be able to receive tax breaks for including segregated affordable units in new buildings, the New York Post first reported, thus doing away with “poor doors.” The provision, part of the affordable housing bill passed in the Assembly last week, undoes a controversial tax measure, Section 421a, that […]
The New York Times reports that 88,000 applications have been submitted by hopeful city residents trying to snag one of the 55 affordable housing units in the so-called “poor door” building on the Upper West Side. The “poor door,” the term given to the designated entrance for lower-income renters that’s located on a different street […]
The massive New York housing developer Extell has been granted permission to increase the size of their building at 40 Riverside Boulevard on the Upper West Side under the Inclusionary Housing Program. The building will house 219 luxury units facing the water and 55 low income housing units facing the street. Controversy has arisen over […]
