As Zohran Mamdani prepares to take over as mayor of New York, his team and allies have been pushing back against proposals that could make it more difficult to build new homes in the city. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Real Estate and Housing (Residential)”
Homes for Sale in New Jersey and New York
By Gotham Rex on November 27, 2025
This week’s properties are a six-bedroom in Morristown and a four-bedroom in Mattituck. Source: New York Times
Adams Makes It Harder for Mamdani to Build Over Elizabeth Street Garden
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2025
Mayor Eric Adams’s administration is designating the garden as parkland, which could stymie Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in his vow to revive the fight to put affordable housing there. Source: New York Times
City Council Approves Plan That Could Bring 14,700 Homes to Queens
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2025
The New York plan would open up 54 blocks of Long Island City, which are mostly warehouses and parking lots, to housing. Source: New York Times
Mamdani Lives in a One-Bedroom. He Could Move to a 226-Year-Old Mansion.
By Gotham Rex on November 8, 2025
Five bedrooms. A ballroom. A full-time chef. The official mayoral residence in New York City could not be more different from Zohran Mamdani’s current home. Source: New York Times
The Odd History of the Rowhouse at the Center of the N.B.A. Betting Scandal
By Gotham Rex on October 26, 2025
The Greenwich Village building has been home to celebrities like John Philip Sousa and Kylie Jenner — and, according to prosecutors, Mafia-controlled poker games. Source: New York Times
At the Center of Letitia James’s Indictment, a House in Norfolk, Virginia
By Gotham Rex on October 11, 2025
Attorney General Letitia James of New York purchased the $137,000 home for a grandniece who needed tranquillity. Prosecutors say it is an impermissible investment property. Source: New York Times
In Ashes of Amazon Fight, Tensions Emerge in Huge Bet on N.Y.C. Housing
By Gotham Rex on October 6, 2025
Years ago, progressives defeated a plan to build headquarters for Amazon in Queens. Now a new kind of development is gaining their support. Source: New York Times
NYC Elections Board Rejects Council’s Push to Keep Housing Measures Off Ballot
By Gotham Rex on September 9, 2025
The City Council, which would lose some power if the measures were approved, had argued that the ballot language was not clear enough to put before voters. Source: New York Times
New York Governor Seeks to Address Housing Crisis With Stopgap Measures
By Gotham Rex on July 18, 2023
The moves by the governor of New York came after state leaders largely failed to address the worsening affordability problems in New York City and in the state. Source: New York Times
Homes for Sale in Manhattan and on Staten Island
By Gotham Rex on December 15, 2022
This week’s properties are in Greenwich Village, the Financial District and St. George. Source: New York Times
Hochul and Adams Envision ‘New New York.’ Getting There Is the Trick.
By Gotham Rex on December 14, 2022
The leaders want to turn commercial districts into 24-hour live-and-work spaces, recognizing that the pandemic has fundamentally changed the city. Source: New York Times
Looking for a House in This Tight Market? Consider an Octagon.
By Gotham Rex on December 9, 2022
A 19th-century fad, octagonal houses don’t appeal to everyone. But that’s one more thing to love about them. Source: New York Times
Mayor Adams’ Plan for NYC’s Housing Crisis Would Relax Rules for Developers
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2022
The mayor proposed reducing requirements that he said slow the construction of new homes as the city contends with a housing crisis. Source: New York Times
A Long Road to Renewal for Former Military Bases
By Gotham Rex on December 8, 2022
Closed defense sites are like snowflakes in that no two are alike. The efforts to redevelop two New Jersey forts show the obstacles to revitalization. Source: New York Times