“If we want to integrate a segregated city, we need to start building in those communities that have access to these good qualities that we see throughout the city,' said Mayor Eric Adams.
Donate NowMayor Eric Adams wants to build a half million homes over the next decade, but that will be impossible without new tax incentives meant to spur housing development—and maybe even changes to current building codes to allow for single-room occupancy units, he said Monday.
Adams said a new 421a is essential to meet that need. But progressive elected officials counter that the program has diverted revenue from the city and does not create homes that are actually priced for poor New Yorkers. And many housing activists say the mayor and governor’s housing plans rely on the notion of “trickle down” affordability without deep targets for the low-income New Yorkers most in need of places to live.
“Why can't we do a real examination of the rules that state every bedroom must have a window?" Adams said. “You know when you sleep it should be dark. Instead of doing that, have studio apartments with shared living and working spaces.” But affordable housing development has slowed, fueling Adams’ and Gov. Kathy Hochul’s pledges to streamline new building projects, along with office and hotel conversions. The outlook is uncertain, as state lawmakers resist key measures of Hochul’s housing plan central to Adams’ own goals, including changes to local zoning rules that currently limit development.
Adams began the conversation by taking specific aim at “Not in my backyard” attitudes and called on elected officials to identify specific locations suitable for new housing development in their communities. He singled out Manhattan as the most important borough to develop due its resources and amenities.
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