PRESENTATION
Overview of New York City's severe housing crisis
0:21:02
·
71 sec
Garodnick outlines the severe housing crisis gripping New York City, emphasizing its long-standing nature and widespread impact on residents. He argues that this crisis affects everyone and presents it as a problem that can be addressed through policy changes.
- The housing crisis is described as decades in the making and often taken as a fact of life
- Garodnick emphasizes that the crisis affects families, seniors, and low-income New Yorkers
- He introduces the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity as a solution to create more affordable housing options across the city
Daniel Garodnick
0:21:02
As you know, New York City is gripped by a severe housing crisis that is decades in the making.
0:21:09
In fact, this crisis has been going on so long that it is easy to take it as a fact of life.
0:21:16
And this crisis affects every single one of us.
0:21:19
Families that want to grow but are in overcrowded apartments, seniors who want to stay in their communities, and low income New Yorkers struggling to pay rent.
0:21:29
But we don't have to live this way.
0:21:32
We can create a city that New Yorkers can afford where there are options for housing in every neighborhood so you can rent or buy, stay in your own community, or move closer to your family or your job.
0:21:47
That's what the modest common sense city of yes for housing opportunity will do.
0:21:52
Allow for a little more housing in every neighborhood to take a big bite out of our housing crisis city wide.
0:22:00
So now let's get into how we're gonna do that.
0:22:03
Let me have the next slide, please.
0:22:08
As you heard from the speaker and both chairs, Our housing shortage is particularly acute.
