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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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