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AGENCY TESTIMONY
City of Yes zoning reforms
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Ahmed Tigani highlights the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity initiative, which modernizes zoning laws to unlock new housing opportunities across New York City.
- The reforms aim to cut outdated restrictions, streamline approval processes, and remove barriers to housing production
- City of Yes enables more mixed-use development, expanding housing options and strengthening commercial corridors
- The initiative is seen as a crucial step towards a more inclusive, sustainable, and economically vibrant New York
Ahmed Tigani
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City of Yes, just wanna talk take a moment to talk about City of Yes.
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Last year we made history with the City of Yes for housing opportunity.
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Modernizing our zoning laws to unlock new housing opportunities across the five boroughs.
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We took bold steps to cut outdated restrictions, streamline approval processes, and remove barriers that have long hindered housing production.
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These reforms are already making it easier to build where it makes sense, near transit, in high opportunity neighborhoods, and in areas that have the capacity to grow.
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By enabling more mixed use development, we are not only expanding housing options, but also strengthening our commercial corridors and small businesses, Ensuring that more New Yorkers can live closer to jobs, schools, and essential services.
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City of Yes was a crucial step toward a more inclusive and sustainable and economically vibrant New York.
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But we must continue building on this momentum to meet the full scale of our housing crisis.