Press release: County Executive George Latimer, Building & Realty Institute (BRI) & 32BJ Team Up to Distribute Covid-19 Test Kits
Press release provided by the Westchester County Government. You may also go to YouTube to watch the full briefing. Westchester County Executive George Latimer was joined by 32BJ SEIU and the Building & Realty Institute […]
Op-Ed: New York must address its housing affordability crisis before it’s too late
Written by Welcome Home Westchester Steering Committee members: Tim Foley and Michael N. Romita | Featured on Lohud. In her executive budget, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed streamlined, as-of-right zoning legislation for both accessory dwelling units and transit-oriented development. The bills were criticized by many […]
Welcome Home Westchester’s Statement to The Westchester Senate Delegation Budget Forum
As with last week’s public hearing for the New York State Assembly Delegation, today’s Senate budget hearing showed that support is strong for modest tools that could make a big difference in addressing our housing shortage. Nearly a dozen people cited providing more housing as a […]
Press Release: Businesses, Construction Trades, Real Estate, and Nonprofits Join to Advocate for Statewide Solutions to our Housing Crisis
The BRI and Welcome Home Westchester are committed to helping solve the housing crisis in Westchester. Along with community leaders from Westchester County Association (WCA), Nonprofit Westchester (NPW), the Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley […]
Welcome Home Westchester’s Statement on Westchester Assembly Delegation’s Budget Hearing
Anyone who was expecting to hear a unified voice of Not in My Backyard rejection of the Governor’s proposals around housing, including accessory dwelling units and transit-oriented development, would have been surprised at today’s Westchester Assembly Delegation budget hearing. At least a dozen speakers spoke in support […]
The BRI Provides Testimony for the Joint Legislative Hearing on Housing for the FY2023 Budget
Submitted by Timothy Foley, CEO of the Building & Realty Institute January 27, 2021 I am submitting this testimony on the Governor’s budget on behalf of the Building & Realty Institute of Westchester & the Mid-Hudson Region (BRI), which is comprised of members who are homebuilders, remodelers, […]
Welcome Home Westchester Releases the “2 in ‘22” Agenda (ADUs & TOD)
Governor Hochul’s proposed $25 billion, five-year Housing Plan to preserve 100,000 affordable homes in both urban and rural communities, including 10,000 homes with support services for vulnerable populations, combined with a commitment to property tax relief, could very well be a game- changer for high-cost, […]
Organizations Including the BRI Pen Letter to Legislators Urging for $2B in Rent Relief for Tenants & Property Owners
January 21, 2022 Dear Senator Schumer, Senator Gillibrand, and Members of New York’s Congressional Delegation: On behalf of New York State’s (NYS) real estate and economic development industries, stretching from Buffalo to Brookhaven, we respectfully request the federal government provide additional funding to meet our state’s demand for COVID-19 […]
Press Release: The BRI Comments on the 2022 MCI Reasonable Cost Schedule
Comment on the 2022 MCI Reasonable Cost Schedule Per Update to Operational Bulletin 2021-1 January 25, 2022 (ARMONK, N.Y.) We appreciate the opportunity to present some commentary and feedback on the 2022 schedule of reasonable costs for Major Capital Improvements (MCIs). It is worth remembering that the MCI […]
The Welcome Home Westchester Campaign Reacts to Governor Hochul’s FY2023 Executive Budget
Below is a statement by Timothy Foley, CEO and Executive Vice President of the Building and Realty Institute, on behalf of the Welcome Home Westchester campaign in reaction to Governor Hochul’s Executive Budget, particularly highlighting how it will affect the housing community.“With her newly released […]
Welcome Home Westchester Releases Fact Sheet Highlighting the Economic Benefits of Building Housing
The Welcome Home Westchester campaign released its first white paper: The Economic Benefits of Building the Housing We Need in September 2021. The white paper reviews data from national economic models, academic research, and local studies to describe in detail how building housing in communities […]
Campaign Statement: Governor Hochul Makes Affordable Housing a Top Priority in 2022 State of the State Agenda
The Welcome Home Westchester campaign applauds Governor Kathy Hochul for placing affordable housing as a priority in her State of the State Agenda for 2022. The proposed $25 billion, five-year Housing Plan to preserve 100,000 affordable homes in both urban and rural communities, including 10,000 […]