Jerilyn Perine

Two Giuliani-era housing commissioners weigh in on the administration's affordable housing policies.

Mayor Bloomberg announced a design competition for a building full of "micro-units" yesterday. Jerilyn Perine, executive director of Citizens Housing and Planning Council, explains what kinds of housing are needed in the city and which kinds of regulations are on the books.

The proposed Broadway Triangle development has been halted by a judge on grounds that it benefits part of the community more than another. Jerilyn Perine, executive director of Citizens Housing and Planning Council and former Commissioner of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development, explains how the Broadway Triangle project and other developments like it come to be, how interests are represented, and what might have gone wrong at the Brooklyn site. 

Jerilyn Perine, executive director of the Citizens Housing and Planning Council, talks about how economy woes are affecting the new Stuy-Town owners' ability to get a good return on their investment.