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New York City Housing Development Corporation

New York City Deputy Mayor For Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen. (Photo: Astrid Stawiarz for Getty Images)

Deputy Mayor: Prevailing Wages Would Cost City 17,000 Affordable Apartments

The de Blasio administration said requiring prevailing wages on 421a developments would cost the city 17,000 affordable apartments.
By Will Bredderman
NYCHA housing.

City on the Edge: The Problems, Policies, Politics and People of NYCHA

Some 404,000 New Yorkers depend on the troubled New York City Housing Authority's developments for shelter—can Bill de Blasio and Shola Olatoye help them?
By Will Bredderman

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