Alexander McCoy, a service-disabled Marine Corps veteran and member of Open New York, expresses strong support for the City of Yes initiative, particularly highlighting its importance for veterans' welfare in New York City. He describes the current housing challenges faced by veterans despite generous benefits, emphasizing the difficulty in affording suitable housing or achieving homeownership in the city.

• Provides specific examples of housing affordability issues for disabled veterans and their families
• Criticizes the current restrictive zoning system for forcing veterans into substandard living conditions or long commutes
• Supports full implementation of City of Yes measures to address housing challenges for veterans

• Support for City of Yes initiative, especially for its benefits to veterans
• Current housing prices and rent are unaffordable for many veterans, even with generous benefits
• Exclusionary zoning forces veterans to live in substandard conditions or have long commutes
• New York City has a lower percentage of veterans per capita due to housing issues
• Some community members exploit veterans as props against building new homes
• City of Yes program should be implemented in full to address these issues

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