Q&A
Lack of guarantees for housing development in zoning changes
4:04:02
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85 sec
Council Member Dinowitz questions the assurances that expanded zoning will result in housing rather than other types of development. Chair Garodnick explains that while there are no guarantees in zoning, the proposal aims to create more opportunities for housing development.
- Dinowitz expresses concern about the lack of guarantees for housing development
- Garodnick acknowledges that zoning rights don't guarantee specific types of development
- Discussion on the need to create more opportunities for housing to address current shortages
Eric Dinowitz
4:04:02
And But but I guess the concern is if the goal is to build housing.
4:04:05
Right?
4:04:05
And I'm saying that under the current zoning, we have a system where places are underdeveloped, and you could build bigger.
4:04:12
But developers are choosing to build, you know, charter schools and shelters instead of housing, which I think most I I certainly, the 2 of you agree that we need more of what assurances are there that if we expand zoning, it's actually gonna build housing and not shelters, charterers, and and whatever else.
Daniel Garodnick
4:04:33
Right?
4:04:33
We we need to we need to create the opportunity for housing.
4:04:37
That's what this proposal is about.
4:04:39
Your question about guarantees.
4:04:42
There is no guarantee that's built into zoning.
4:04:45
Once it is a matter of rights, it is a matter of rights.
4:04:48
So the specific question about a shelter or charter school you know, I can't specifically answer as to the r 6 zoning that we're talking about and whether it's appropriate and whether it is even allowed.
4:04:59
But I can say that we do need to allow for more opportunities for housing because right now housing is getting crowded out.
4:05:06
By anything else, the lack of opportunity is really hurting New Yorkers, and that's why we have proposed to expand it on the margins even in districts like yours.
Eric Dinowitz
4:05:15
Right.
4:05:15
Though it seems to be the choice of New York City to crowd it out with shelters.
4:05:19
That's that's what is happening in my district.
4:05:22
That is the choice of the administration.
4:05:24
Not and, you know, it it really concerns me.
4:05:27
I wanna touch on just a couple other things when I do wanna echo the concerns about storm water.
