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Director’s Update (April 2024)

A note from Alexa Kasdan

New Policy Brief: Attack on Affordability

Landlord backed bill would imperil majority of rent-stabilized apartments in NYC

How NYSERDA’s Empower+ Program Shortchanges Low-Income Residents

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EnergyFit Affordable Small Homes

Learn about our expanded EnergyFit project and how it works

Alexa Kasdan Named Executive Director of the Pratt Center for Community Development

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Announcing the 2023-24 Taconic Fellowship Awards

View the fellows and their projects

Opinion: Albany, stop making excuses for keeping basement homes unsafe

Getting the facts straight on Basement Apartments

New report on the growth of Community Land Trusts in NYC

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The Pratt Center has moved!

Find us at the Brooklyn Navy Yard

In Support of a Pathway to Basement Legalization

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Basements Data Dashboard

New tool counts basements in NYC