The Queens borough president is getting behind the plan to add housing across the five boroughs, with conditions.
An ambitious proposal to add tens of thousands of new homes across the five boroughs has picked up a key endorsement – from Queens Borough President Donovan Richards.
According to the Department of City Planning, the City of Yes initiative would allow a number of significant zoning changes, including the ability for developers to make buildings in high-density neighborhoods 20% bigger if the extra units were devoted to affordable housing. “Today, our partners in government have proudly said ‘yes’ to becoming a ‘City of Yes,’ and have joined us in taking the necessary steps to tackle our housing and affordability crises head on,” Adams said in a statement, adding that the city faces a “once-in-a-generation housing crisis.”
“Over time, we have created more and more barriers to building the kind of housing that people need in every corner of the city,” read a 2023 City Planning, City of Yes for Housing Opportunity. “When more people need homes than are available, rents go up, landlords have more leverage, and disadvantaged tenants are forced into lower-quality living situations or homelessness.”
Richards’ approval, which followed an Aug. 8 public hearing he held, came with recommendations. These included the establishment of a $1 billion fund that would help legalize basement apartments and bring them up to code and allowing the creation of parking at developments near major transit hubs to remain optional.
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