On a cold morning in January, the head of the city’s housing agency, Dina Levy, toured apartment buildings in Hell’s Kitchen.  The buildings, at 351-357 West 45th Street, were once owned by notorious landlord Steve Croman and are undergoing a $20 million renovation by the new owners, SMJ Development, High Point Property Group and Services for the UnderServed.  The transformation of these buildings is linked to both Levy’s past roles and her new one as the city’s new commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development. Before joining Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, Levy was working as a senior advisor […]

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