No More 'Poor Doors' in NYC

CityLab reported in April on Extell Development Company’s 33-story Manhattan condo building, which features a grandiose Hudson River-facing entrance for its luxury units (starting price, $7 million). The building also includes a separate entrance at the rear for the 55 or so subsidized units for low-income residents, often referred to as the “poor door.”

Emily Badger reported for The Washington Post that Extell said a separate entrance was necessary because the subsidized units are in “a legally separate building.” They’ll get away with that for now. But moving forward, New York will have no more “poor doors”: A state law was passed last week forbidding any developer using tax incentives for affordable housing from incorporating segregated entrances into their plans.