NYC voters approve ballot questions aimed at boosting housing, limiting Council control
As New York City tackles a pervasive affordability crisis, New York City voters passed three reforms to fast-track affordable housing development, despite pushback from the City Council over concerns it would blunt power to stop projects in their districts.
The questions, Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on the ballot, were put forward by a commission convened by Mayor Adams to revise the city’s charter, as part of a bid to cut through bureaucratic red tape that is often blamed for slowing construction.
The city has not built enough homes in recent decades to keep pace with demand, nor has every neighborhood done its fair share to increase housing supply, proponents of the measure say.
“Tonight, New Yorkers sent a message: We must address the housing crisis, and we need new tools to do so,” said Richard Buery, chairman of the Charter Revision Commission.
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