Community group: We’re realistic on development but won’t go down quietly To the editor: Union Theological Seminary’s initial announcement in 2016 of a $100 million deal to build a market-rate 42-story tower in Morningside Heights provoked strong opposition in a diverse community concerned about affordable housing, residential displacement and non-contextual development (“Seminary plans 42-story tower in Morningside Heights,” Crain’s). UTS is voluntarily setting aside $1.1 … Continue reading Crain’s Features MHCC Position Letter on UTS Tower

By David Robinson The word “rezoning” inspires deep misgivings among many community groups across the city. They regard it as a Trojan Horse for new upscale housing development that will lead inevitably to gentrification and displacement of longtime neighborhood residents. But that’s not the case in my Manhattan neighborhood of Morningside Heights; here, activists are pushing reluctant City Planning officials to rezone the area. It’s … Continue reading ‘Rezone Us Please,’ Activists Urge City Planners. (Yes. You Read That Right)

Late in November, after more than two years of negotiations, MHCC succeeded in getting to commit $1.1 million in funding to mitigate the impact of a proposed 40-story tower to be built on the northwest corner of the UTS campus at 122nd and Broadway. As part of the 1.1 million, UTS will give $700,000 to PA’LANTE Harlem to directly fight displacement of vulnerable tenants caused by … Continue reading MHCC Wins $1.1 million in New Resources for Morningside Heights