New Yorkers debate the merits of Mayor Eric Adams' "City of Yes" housing proposal
NEW YORK -- New York City began two days of public hearings Monday on Mayor Eric Adams' "City of Yes" housing proposal. The plan is designed to address the housing crisis by changing zoning regulations to allow more residential units to be built. On Monday, the Planning Commission cited the lowest apartment vacancy rate since 1968.
NYC begins two days of public hearings on Mayor Adams' "City of Yes" housing proposal​
The plan is designed to address the housing crisis by changing zoning regulations to allow more residential units to be built. CBS News New York's Ali Bauman reports.
Mayor Adams’ ‘City of Yes’ housing plan sparks Council concern over impact on outer boroughs
The Adams administration faced pushback from outer borough lawmakers during an hours-long grilling by the City Council on Monday over its City of Yes development plan aimed at tackling the ongoing housing crisis by transforming the city’s decades-old zoning rules.
Adams admin officials try to calm council members’ fears around City of Yes housing plan
Officials with Mayor Eric Adams’ administration on Monday attempted to assuage City Council members’ litany of concerns about the sweeping “City of Yes” zoning overhaul, which is intended to boost housing construction across the Big Apple and ease the ongoing housing crisis.
NYC Council agrees housing crisis needs a fix, but many members question Mayor Adams’ plan
Councilmembers across the political spectrum took turns grilling the city’s top planning official at an hourslong hearing on Monday on Adams’ sweeping “City of Yes” proposal, which would change local zoning rules to fuel new housing development across the five boroughs.
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