Housing fights are getting hot on the left as DSA lawmakers begin to embrace the cause of building and density. RossBarkan writes
the rezoning of an area in her own Astoria district that includes a large majority of market-rate units and some that are deeply affordable. The project, Halletts North, will be a three-tower, 1,300-unit development with a quarter of its units earmarked as affordable. Ten percent of the units will be reserved for tenants making 30 percent or less of the city’s area median income, or $35,790 for a family of four.
There’s some evidence of a growing schism between socialists and typical progressive and center-left lawmakers on the issue of housing. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a DSA member, has talked openly about the, and next year her House district will include Halletts North. While she didn’t weigh in publicly on the project, she is more likely to be a backer than an opponent. Other progressives who are AOC friendly but not DSA aligned have taken a more skeptical approach to new construction.
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