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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                            FEBRUARY 27, 2026       |  The Indian Eye 20

                          Mamdani Administration Breaks

                Ground on Timbale Terrace Affordable

                                           Housing Development

            Project will include 341 affordable homes, including apartments for formerly homeless New Yorkers

            OUR BUREAU
            New York, NY
                  YC Mayor Zohran Kwame
                   Mamdani,  city  officials  and
            Ndevelopment partners broke
            ground on Timbale Terrace, a 100%
            affordable, mixed-use development
            that will deliver 341 affordable homes
            and a new community arts center to
            East Harlem. The project marks a
            major milestone for the City’s com-
            mitment to deeply affordable housing
            and to building on underused public
            land for public good.
                Timbale Terrace will transform a
            former NYPD parking lot into per-
            manently affordable housing, com-
            munity space and replacement park-
            ing. The development will include 97
            homes reserved for formerly home-
            less New Yorkers through the NYC
            15/15 program, including 30 units for
            young people aging out of foster care.  a major step forward for East Harlem  Yorkers and youth aging out of foster   cial  corridor  with  ground-floor  uses
            On-site wraparound services focused   and shows what is possible when gov-  care,”  said  New  York  City  Housing   and  incorporate  sustainable  design
            on health, education and employ-  ernment is working with and for com-  Development Corporation (HDC)   features.  The  project  was  identified
            ment will be provided by Lantern Or-  munities.  I am looking  forward  to   President  Eric  Enderlin. “HDC   through the East Harlem Neigh-
            ganization.                       working with partners across the city   is proud to support this develop-  borhood Rezoning plan approved
                The development will also     to create even more affordable hous-  ment and grateful to our partners   in 2017. The City’s Department of
            house the new Casa Belongó Mu-    ing on city-owned sites in the years   for their commitment to expanding   Housing Preservation and Develop-
            sic and Arts Center, a more than   to come,” said Leila Bozorg, Deputy   much-needed affordable housing,  ment (HPD) released a competitive
            20,000-square-foot cultural space for   Mayor for Housing and Planning.    supportive services, and vibrant cul-  request for proposals for the site in
            music education, performance and     “Timbale  Terrace  will  deliver   tural resources in this community.”    2019, and Mega Development LLC
            community programming. The cen-   341  affordable  homes  to East  Har-  Located at East 118th Street and   and Lantern Organization were des-
            ter will serve as a permanent home   lem, nearly a third of which will be   Park Avenue, Timbale Terrace will   ignated in 2021, with Belongó as a
            for Belongó and as a cultural anchor   set aside for formerly homeless New   activate the Park Avenue commer-  cultural partner.
            in East Harlem.
               “Affordable  housing is the foun-              Mayor Appoints Six To Rent Guidelines Board
            dation  of  a  rich,  diverse  city  where
            all New Yorkers can live with dig-          ayor Zohran Mamdani has appointed six mem-  of-living trends, supply and vacancy rates, tenants’ ability
            nity. Timbale Terrace shows what’s          bers to the nine-member Rent Guidelines   to pay, staff research and public testimony before setting
            possible when we use public land to  MBoard (RGB), including Chantella Mitchell as   a preliminary range. After holding hearings in all five bor-
            meet public need. By building deeply   Chair, as the panel prepares to set rent adjustments for   oughs, the board will vote on final adjustments for leases be-
            affordable homes across the five bor-  roughly one million rent-stabilized apartments, lofts and   ginning between October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2027.
            oughs, we are making New York City   single-room occupancy units across the city.        Mamdani said the appointees bring expertise in
            a place families can afford to stay and   Joining Mitchell are public members Sina Sinai, Lau-  housing, finance and public policy and will help address
            thrive,” said Mamdani.             ren Melodia and Brandon Mancilla; owner representative   the needs of the city’s two million rent-stabilized tenants.
               “Timbale Terrace exemplifies the   Maksim Wynn; and returning tenant representative Adán   Mitchell, a program director at the New York Community
            best of our affordable housing ef-  Soltren. They will serve alongside current members Arpit   Trust and former housing official, said she was honored to
            forts: strengthening neighborhoods,   Gupta, Christina Smyth and Sagar Sharma.       serve and committed to the board’s mission.
            enlivening the street, creating cul-   The independent board determines annual rent ad-  The new members have backgrounds spanning eco-
            tural  space,  and  creating  affordable   justments under the city’s rent stabilization law. In the com-  nomic policy research, labor leadership, affordable hous-
            housing for the New Yorkers who    ing months, it will review housing market conditions, cost-  ing development and housing justice advocacy.
            need it most. This groundbreaking is

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