by Steve Bittenbender, The Center Square | May 28, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article
The state of New York on Thursday announced an initiative to provide more housing opportunities in upstate communities through a partnership with a nonprofit that combats urban blight.
The plan, called the Legacy Cities Initiative, calls for New York State Homes and Community Renewal, a group of state agencies, to issue $25 million in subsidies to target specific neighborhoods. The state will use an application process to allocate the funds for vacant properties, while leveraging private investments from local investors.
Land banks will transfer up to 10 single-family properties to developers, and the nonprofit Community Preservation Corporation (CPC), which is working with the state on the project, will offer financing. Each project will be eligible for up to $75,000 in state subsidies, with the potential for $20,000 more if developers include certain energy improvemen
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced the new $25 million Legacy Cities initiative, a targeted effort to eradicate vacant properties in concentrated neighborhoods across Upstate New York and transform blighted structures into newly renovated, move-in ready homes. The renovated homes will help expand affordable homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income residents, specifically first-time buyers and households of color. By working to eliminate vacant properties in cities throughout the State, we can facilitate and expand the revitalization efforts currently underway in many underserved neighborhoods, especially those previously impacted by the foreclosure crisis,
Governor Cuomo said . This new program will help increase property values for current homeowners, improve the quality of life in neighborhoods, and reduce the strain on municipal resources, including fire and police, by decreasing the health and safety risks associated with blighted buildi
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that five new pop-up COVID-19 vaccine sites are coming to NFTA stations in Buffalo, Cheektowaga, and Niagara Falls.
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State Republican leaders Thursday asked New Yorkers to call and complain to representatives who continue to support Gov. Andrew Cuomo on the heels of new details about his administration overriding state health officials to conceal the total number of COVID-19 deaths in state congregate facilities.
State Republican Committee Chairman Nicholas Langworthy on Thursday blasted the Democratic-led state Legislature and lawmakers who have not pressed Cuomo to step down or continue to protect him in the wake of a multitude of investigations, including a federal probe into the stateâs counting and reporting of public COVID-19 death data.
âAs his nursing home cover-up continues to unravel and the scandals pile up, so do Andrew Cuomoâs lies,â Langworthy said Thursday inside the Onondaga County Republican Committee Headquarters in East Syracuse. âHeâs been lying to New Yorkers for well over a year.â