Posted on January 11, 2016 by Sally Goldenberg and Brendan Cheney in Politico New York Politico New York, By Sally Goldenberg and Brendan Cheney The de Blasio administration announced on Monday that it has financed 40,204 below-market-rate apartments since taking office in 2014, a figure that puts it on pace to meet its 10-year goal of building or preserving 200,000 units by 2024. The total includes 13,929 new apartments slated for construction and another 26,275 existing ones that were preserved — a figure bolstered by a deal to maintain 5,000 low- and middle-income units at Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village in October.
