December 2013 Alicia Glen, Formerly at Goldman Sachs, HPD Seeks to Change to Head Housing & Development Efforts M-L Succession Rules
MITCHELL-LAMA RESIDENTS COALITION Vol. 18, Issue 4 WEBSITE: www.mitchell-lama.org December 2013 Alicia Glen, formerly at Goldman Sachs, HPD seeks to change to head housing & development efforts M-L succession rules an a former banker, especially one He also wants to use one billion dollars roposed changes to succession rights in who worked at Goldman Sachs, from the city’s pension funds to preserve Mitchell-Lama buildings would alter the Chelp generate affordable housing 11,000 units, and to raise taxes on vacant Pability of various categories of relatives for New York City? property. to assume the apartments of the current resi- Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks so, In her work at the bank, Ms. Glen dents, regardless of how long the relatives have which is why he appointed Alicia Glen, directed more than $2.8 billion to projects lived there in most cases. who for over a decade -lead the giant in low-income areas. She has been praised Among other changes, the new rules, if bank’s Urban Investment Group--and by both tenant advocates and housing adopted, would eliminate “succession rights for who also served as assistant commis- developers. nephews, nieces, aunts and uncles,” and suc- sioner for housing finance at HPD--as cession in other cases will only be authorized deputy mayor for housing and urban “where the tenant/cooperator of record has development. Nearly 1,000 affordable units either died or been relocated to a long term In a press release, Ms. Glen said slated for Melrose section in care facility.” the new administration’s goals included Further, regarding spouses and children building “a new generation of afford- Bronx who are at least 18 years old, succession will able housing and help[ing] New Yorkers ive new buildings containing 985 units only be allowed if the spouse’s or children’s secure good-paying jobs that can support Fof affordable housing are on the draw- names “appeared on the applicant’s initial a family.
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