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Events + Publications
Margery Perlmutter’s most recent publications and appearances.
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Leveraging the Landmarks
Development Whitepaper:
The Experts Take Spring 2025The City of Yes enables owners of NYC’s individual landmark buildings greater latitude to sell and transfer excess development rights to receiving sites within a wide radius via a relatively simple approval process. →
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City of Yes Testimony
Margery Perlmutter Testimony
to NYC Council City of Yes
October 22, 2024Urban Factors’ Margery Perlmutter testifies before the NYC Council Land-Use Committee regarding amendment to City of Yes, Section ZR 54-52 Elevators & support for Section 75-42 Landmarks as written. →
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Crain’s New York / Op-Ed
A New Push To Encourage
Elevators in City Walkups
July 19, 2024“Government leaders should encourage action to preserve affordability & enable accessibility instead of avoiding it,” writes Margery Perlmutter, founder of the consultancy firm Urban Factors. →
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Vital City / Op-Ed
Destroying Affordable Housing
in Order To Save It July 5, 2024New York City desperately needs more apartments. But far too often, old buildings are replaced by new ones with too few affordable units. Margery Perlmutter breaks down the history of this problem & proposes solutions. →
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Housing The Nation
Social Equity, Architecture &
the Future of Affordable Housing
Edited by A. Gorlin + V. Newhouse.
Rizzoli, May 2024.Scholars, advocates + architects assess America’s affordable housing crisis and suggest various strategies to rectify it. →
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Lopate at Large Interview
Leonard Lopate talks social equity
& the future of affordable housing
April 16, 2024Alexander Gorlin, Victoria Newhouse, and Margery Perlmutter collect strategies to house the nation today with “Leonard Lopate at Large.” WBAI, Pacifica Public Radio in NYC. →