A City Council push to resurrect a controversial property seizure program is gaining momentum, with the Mamdani administration supporting a redesign that would once again allow the city to transfer tax-delinquent buildings with dangerous conditions to new owners. Council member Pierina Ana Sanchez, who chairs the Committee on Housing and Buildings, introduced legislation in late January to reboot the city’s Third Party Transfer program. The initiative, halted by former Mayor Bill de Blasio in 2019 after criticism that it disproportionately impacts homeowners of color, would be majorly redesigned under Sanchez’s proposal. Dubbed the Housing Rescue and Resident Protection Act, the […]

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