Q&A
Evaluation of the state's housing package and affordable housing creation
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Council Member Brannan asks Comptroller Lander about the effectiveness of the state's housing package in creating affordable housing in New York City. Lander expresses that the package alone will not be sufficient to meet the city's housing needs.
- Lander mentions the extension of the 421a program deadline and its potential impact
- He cites the Gowanus rezoning as an encouraging example of new mixed-income and affordable housing development
- The comptroller emphasizes that even if successful, the state's package won't create enough overall or affordable housing to meet demand
Justin Brannan
0:52:29
Wanna, close with just 2 questions on on housing.
0:52:34
What do you make of the state's housing package?
0:52:36
Do you think the state's legislation will be sufficient to create an appropriate amount of affordable housing in the city?
Brad Lander
0:52:42
On its own, no.
0:52:45
It is you know, we'll have to see.
0:52:47
The an awful lot of what is gonna happen now is based on the the the deadline extension on 421 a.
0:52:54
So people are, I think, still gonna use the old guidelines in a lot of cases, that got extended till 2031 because people filed so many permits before the expiration.
0:53:06
You know, things are still shaking out on the new program.
0:53:10
I've been really encouraged in Gowanus, which this council, you know, did the Gowanus rezoning on just to see how much new mixed income housing and affordable housing is going up there.
0:53:21
But, no, even even if it works well, it is not going to come close to creating the overall total housing that's needed and certainly not the affordable housing that's needed.
0:53:32
Probably the biggest thing that I was upset that they didn't include were the housing access voucher program that senator Kavanaugh had been championing and that everyone agreed should be part of the the package.
