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NYU School of Law and its faculty, students, alumni, centers and programs are frequently featured in the media. The following lists recent news stories, interviews and op-eds.

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"Six Ideas for Improving Affordability in New York"
06/26/2024
Vital City
Authors: Vicki Been '83 and Ingrid Gould Ellen
"NYCHA Says It Needs $485K to Repair Each Apartment—But Actual Costs Come In Much Lower"
09/25/2023
The City
Expert: Vicki Been ’83
"Little Oversight, Deals Signed in the Dark: How Speculators Cash In When NYC Homeowners Die Without Wills"
07/26/2023
The City NY
Expert: Vicki Been ’83
Marketplace
"How brutal is NYC’s rental market? Just ask this producer."
09/28/2022
Marketplace
Expert: Vicki Been ’83
CNN
"A black community was displaced to build Central Park. Now a monument will honor them"
10/22/2019
CNN
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"Power surges"
06/17/2019
Crain's New York Business
Featured: Vicki Been '83
"NYC’s Excellence in Design awards showcases projects in all five boroughs"
06/05/2019
Curbed New York
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"New York City Selects Designers With Big Ideas for Small Lots"
05/13/2019
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"New deputy mayor promises to ‘move the needle' on affordable housing"
04/04/2019
Crain's New York Business
Featured: Vicki Been '83
"De Blasio appoints Been deputy mayor"
04/04/2019
Crain's New York Business
Featured: Vicki Been '83
"Rezonings raise prices, housing study shows"
02/19/2019
Crain's New York Business
Expert: Vicki Been '83, Furman Center for Real Estate & Urban Policy
"Group's Lawsuit Challenging 'Unfair' NYC Property Tax System Survives Motion to Dismiss"
09/26/2018
New York Law Journal
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"Head of council zoning committee freezes land-use negotiations"
08/03/2018
Crain's New York Business
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"New housing inadequate to meet population growth"
05/29/2018
Crain's New York Business
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"NYC's adult population growth is outpacing affordable housing stock: report"
05/24/2018
Curbed New York
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"Puerto Ricans Who Survived The Hurricane Face A New Challenge: Finding An Affordable Apartment in New York City"
05/21/2018
Buzzfeed News
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"As Cities Gentrify, Public and Private Efforts Sprout to Help Families Stay"
05/01/2018
Wall Street Journal
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"How ‘Not in My Backyard’ Became ‘Not in My Neighborhood’"
01/03/2018
New York Times
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"Under Lingering Obama Initiative, NYC to Evaluate Fair Housing"
01/02/2018
City Limits
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"Rebooted 421-a program no longer gives locals first crack at affordable housing"
07/25/2017
Crain's New York
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"City Hall shakeup empowers deputy mayor"
01/17/2017
Crain's New York
Featured: Vicki Been '83
"De Blasio's housing commissioner to step down for teaching and research job"
01/17/2017
Politico
Featured: Vicki Been '83
"De Blasio Housing Chief Looks to Allay Fears, Build Support for Rezonings"
11/13/2015
Gotham Gazette
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"The rise of singles will change how we live in cities"
04/21/2015
Washington Post
Expert: Vicki Been '83, Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy
"Brod Outlook: Carl Weisbrod on Revitalizing Midtown East and Making NYC Affordable"
04/08/2015
Commercial Observer
Expert: Vicki Been '83
"Does protecting historic New York neighborhoods mean less affordable housing?"
09/09/2014
Quartz
Expert: Vicki Been '83, Ingrid Gould Ellen
"City's New Housing Leader to Hold Course, Attorneys Say"
03/12/2014
New York Law Journal
"Private Money for Public Good"
10/24/2013
WNYC
"NYU starts race to find key to neighborhood equality"
09/25/2013
Real Estate Weekly
"Average New Yorkers being priced out of Manhattan"
08/28/2013
Real Estate Weekly
"NYC Housing Connect Makes It Easier to (Probably Not) Win Affordable Housing"
08/19/2013
New York Observer
"Return of Rent Control: Brad Lander and Candidates Push for Mandatory Inclusionary Zoning"
08/15/2013
New York Observer
"The Perverse Effects of Rent Regulation"
07/22/2013
New York Times
"How the Rich Get a Big Real Estate Tax Break"
07/11/2013
New York Times
"So Many Mayoral Forums: Are they Working?"
05/07/2013
Brian Lehrer TV
"Debating Housing Policy"
04/11/2013
WNYC Brian Lehrer Show (Audio)
"Developers, wary of cost and delay, spurn city's landmark transfers program for air rights"
01/29/2013
The Real Deal
"Most city landlords fail to register rental properties"
01/15/2013
The Real Deal
"U.S. Home Sales Held Hostage by Junior Liens"
07/23/2012
Bloomberg Businessweek
"Rent-Stabilized Apartments, Ever More Elusive"
07/08/2012
New York Times
"Pact's Benefits in Limbo"
11/28/2011
Wall Street Journal
"A Search for Subsidized Housing, Simplified"
10/20/2011
New York Times