That’s what one audience member at Thursday’s City Council meeting yelled after the Committee on Housing and Buildings voted to approve several bills. The parting shot likely captures the sentiment ...
NEW YORK (PIX11) – The New York City Council passed Council Member Sandy Nurse’s Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) on Thursday, a first-of-its-kind housing law aimed at tackling ...
In its final, blockbuster-length session of the year, the New York City Council voted to pass five new housing bills — including the contentious Community Opportunity to Purchase Act. COPA gives ...
The New York City Council is preparing to end the year by adopting the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act. COPA would represent an unprecedented use of the body’s legislative power to bestow an ...
The City Council is advancing nearly all of the controversial bills affecting housing, short-term rentals and street vending that have stoked opposition from big business and some tenant groups, ...
“New York City has a long history supporting these types of building conversions, often led by tenants and nonprofit organizations. COPA builds on this legacy and lays groundwork for a new generation ...
The Copa del Rey is already well underway but La Liga’s behemoths will soon join Spain’s leading domestic cup competition. The 124th iteration of the competition has already conducted a preliminary ...
Last year, New York’s city council reintroduced the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA). The recently amended bill seeks to expand the role of “community land trusts” in acquiring and ...
After weeks of panic emanating from New York City’s multifamily industry, the city council has diluted a long-debated housing bill that would give nonprofits a leg up as buyers over free-market ...
A controversial bill that would give nonprofits first dibs to buy multifamily properties will now be less sweeping, but changes to the measure have not won over its fiercest critics. An amended ...
The Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) will give community land trusts and other community groups first dibs at buying distressed properties. Supporters expect it to pass with support from ...
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