The City Council approved a plan that could fuel the construction of 80,000 new homes across the five boroughs.
In the end, the City Council said “Yes” to Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to permit tens of thousands of new homes across the five boroughs.
Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said allowing more housing will help the city address a major shortage that contributes to historically high rents and sale prices, fuels record homelessness and drives many New Yorkers out of the city altogether. Nearly every New York lawmaker agrees the city is facing a housing crisis, but the final fate of the mayor’s rezoning plan appeared uncertain in the weeks leading up to the vote.that would allow slightly larger buildings near those neighborhoods' homes. Members in districts without access to the subway system decried a proposal tothat merely changing zoning rules doesn’t automatically mean that most low- and middle-income New Yorkers will be able to afford the homes that get built.
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