The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

AUGUST 2, 2023

In response, Democrats in California and Massachusetts, Republicans in Utah and Montana, and city governments across the country have enacted legislation designed to address the barriers that restrict new housing development. Researchers found preliminary evidence that these laws had their intended effect.

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GovLoop

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2023 so far, at least 27 states and territories have pursued more than 80 bills related to AI, including legislation to study, restrict or prohibit its use. A new Connecticut law , in particular, zeros in on agency AI dependence. Among other objectives, the working group will make recommendations for additional AI legislation.

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GovLoop

APRIL 21, 2023

Government Regulation The federal government has some laws related to sector-specific data privacy. And the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act protects personal, non-public financial information, while the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act regulates the collection of personal details for children younger than 13.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

16 hosted at the NYU School of Law. The proposed changes include easing regulations around mixed-use corridors and underutilized spaces, loosening restrictions on office conversions into residential space, removing parking mandates, adding a universal affordability preference, and allowing the addition of accessory dwelling units.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 11, 2021

One important constraint on conversions is state and local land use law. Because hotels and apartment buildings are differently regulated, many hotels will not be permitted to convert to residential use under current law or could do so only after extensive renovations. New state legislation could also facilitate conversions.

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Barrett & Greene

MARCH 8, 2023

State auditors should have unfettered access to confidential records to ensure that state agencies are following their policies and procedures and state and federal law. This bill will negatively impact Auditor Sand’s ability to independently and sufficiently perform his audit work.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 11, 2024

In response to that growing criticism plus how much has changed in markets, legislation, and regulation during the 90-plus years of the FHLBanks’ existence, its regulator – the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – announced in 2022 that it would undertake a review of the entire System.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Adopting powerful technologies like generative AI must align with principles contained in the GC’s Responsible use of AI of lawful, ethical data usage and explainable outcomes to impacted individuals. Data sovereignty—having control over digital assets—is increasingly important to customers, especially as regulations evolve.

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American City & Country

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which includes $10 billion in grants that primarily flow through states, is just one of the funding sources. A funding roadmap While funding for water systems to better understand how to achieve compliance with recent EPA PFAS regulations is available, time is of the essence.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

MARCH 13, 2023

Updates to the UK Cyber Essentials Scheme For this reason, cyber regulations have had to evolve. Further, we’re seeing similar moves being made by other professional advisory and legislative bodies across the globe that are equally raising their expectations of organisations in deploying appropriate technical measures.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 22, 2025

Growth vs. shrinking | young vs. old | urban vs. suburban | historic preservation vs. limited building regulation. Another area that I would chalk up to a failure of planning leadership is the discussion of proposed changes to the height limit law. I chalk that up to a failure of leadership and approach. The Height Limit discussions.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 20, 2023

History suggests that any proposed changes to single-family zoning, whether related to MH or not, will be hard-fought, both at the local level and also at the state level when legislation is proposed to override local zoning. I also note the recent failure of legislation overriding local zoning in New York State. [20]

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JUNE 10, 2024

” 4 Starting nearly half a century ago, antitrust law in the U.S. 23 There has even been legislation proposed in Congress to legally require the tri-merge report, 24 overriding the FHFA’s proposed reform. The FHFA, from its founding in 2008 to 2021, was an independent regulator. 15 Credit reports.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 10, 2025

In recent years, New York State enacted the Uniform Partition of Heirs' Property Act (UPHPA) and the transfer-on-death deed (TODD) law, expanding protections for heir owners and creating an important tool to streamline estate planning and prevent tangled title issues (more detail on both laws follows).

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Post-Helene, there is not a moratorium on summary ejectment proceedings, although activists and at least two legislators have called upon the legislature, the chief justice, and the governor for such action. Statutes regulate where security deposits are held, how they are used by the landlord, and how much the landlord can collect.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 27, 2022

The brief provides considerations for New York policymakers looking to reform current land use regulations. The brief highlights the impact of New York’s restrictive zoning on housing supply and the risks of future legislative inaction.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

APRIL 3, 2023

The borrower of a conventional mortgage benefits tremendously from the evolution of the TBA market, which was not centrally planned or created by legislation but evolved over several decades as a collaboration between government mortgage agencies and the bond trading and investing community. ” [link]. [26] That is incorrect.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 15, 2022

There are currently three laws staying, or temporarily halting, evictions for tenants in New York City: the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act (“CEEFPA”), the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program (“CERAP”), and the Tenant Safe Harbor Act.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JANUARY 5, 2024

Legislators haven’t seriously considered measures to discourage drinking, and voters expanded access to alcohol in grocery stores. Experts say raising state alcohol taxes also would make more money available for programs aimed at preventing unhealthy drinking and to enforce the state’s liquor laws.

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Regulations carving out a path for new businesses? Arguments erupted over the role of local government regulations, from mask mandates to dining capacity limits, on shaping business activities. The sheer number of regulations facing entrepreneurs may create substantial barriers to entry, preventing some from starting a business.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JUNE 26, 2023

Furthermore, these proposed laws are intended to serve as a model for international legislation. This is to explores the challenges posed by AI and deepfakes, highlighting the necessity for comprehensive regulation and labelling mechanisms to mitigate potential risks.

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Summary of federal and state law considerations Below is a summary of the major points from this post. Emergency loans for construction of new housing are authorized by the Housing Authorities Law (G.S. 1] Local government legal authority to offer home repair loans is limited under state law. 42 USC 5301(c). Chapter 157).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JULY 30, 2024

I have also written on the inherent design flaw in F&F and the other GSEs embedded in their congressional legislation: see [link] and [link]. ]] For many years, this was considered the responsibility of Congress, which had established the GSEs by legislation – but Congress has never come close to agreeing on what changes would be needed.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Republicans have a supermajority in the Legislature and zero compunction against preemption of local governance, so it's a slam dunk the law will pass. Planning and building for the city you want to be versus planning for the past. I guess we'll see how oriented UDOT is to sustainable mobility. And maybe UDOT will buckle.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

This allowed its regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) – which declared itself to be their conservator – to operate the companies in lieu of their stockholders and boards. Congress, over time, has created through legislation these two major targeted access-to-credit programs.

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