Jerrod Delaine, CEO of Delaine Companies and Professor at Pratt & New York University (NYU), on the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity initiative and its potential to address the NYC housing crisis
7:11:24
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3 min
Jerrod Delaine expresses support for the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity initiative, emphasizing the urgent need to address New York City's housing crisis. He highlights several aspects of the proposal that he believes will help increase housing supply and affordability.
- Delaine praises the Universal Affordability Preference program as a step in the right direction to incentivize developers and investors to build more housing.
- He supports ending parking mandates, allowing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), and enabling faith-based organizations to participate in housing development and community improvement.
- Delaine stresses the importance of creating both affordable rental housing and homeownership opportunities through public initiatives and private participation, calling for urgent solutions to be implemented now.
- The current housing situation is not good and not improving
- Creating more housing supply will help address the housing crisis
- Public-private engagement strategy is needed to solve housing issues
- Universal affordability preference program is a good step to incentivize investors and developers
- Ending parking mandates will help incentivize housing creation
- Allowing ADUs will provide homeowners with additional revenue opportunities
- Faith-based organizations can contribute to improving communities through housing and economic development
- More affordable housing is needed, both rental and ownership
- Urgent solutions are required to address the current housing crisis
[EXPERIMENTAL]
Which elements of City of Yes for Housing Opportunity were discussed in this testimony?
- UAP
- Parking Mandates
- ADU
- Campuses
The following are AI-extracted quotes and reasoning about which elements of the proposal were discussed in this testimony.
This is a quick, close approximation. Occasionally, the connection between a testimony's transcript and specific elements of City Planning's proposal is tenuous.
Read about this AI-generated analysis here.
UAP
"I think the universal affordability preference program is a good step in the right direction as a way to incentivize you know, investors and developers to build and create more housing in the city."
This quote directly mentions the Universal Affordability Preference program and expresses support for it as a means to incentivize housing creation, which aligns with the proposal's intent.
Parking Mandates
"Ending the parking mandates, another solution that will help incentivize the creation of warehousing instead of creating more parking. You know, it's it doesn't say you're not allowed to build parking on products where parking is feasible. It makes the most sense. Developers can do that, but it doesn't have to be a roadblock to stop a project because it can't build enough parking on-site."
This quote directly addresses the proposal to end parking mandates, explaining how it will incentivize housing creation and allow for more flexibility in development, which aligns with the City of Yes proposal.
ADU
"Allowing ADUs will allow some homeowners to New York City to provide more space in their property for additional revenue legally. So this gives them a path into just the right way and then a safe way."
This quote directly mentions ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units) and discusses how they will benefit homeowners by allowing them to create additional living space and generate revenue, which aligns with the proposal's intent.
Campuses
"Faith based organizations wanna be a part of improving these communities, City of YESQ helps create a path to do so both in creating housing as well as economic development of communities. The city of yes is helping them to do so."
While this quote doesn't explicitly mention 'campuses', it does discuss faith-based organizations and how City of Yes will help them create housing and contribute to community development. This aligns with the proposal's intent to allow campuses, including faith-based institutions, to add new buildings and housing.
About this analysis:
This analysis is done by AI that reasons whether or not a quote from the testimony discusses a particular element of the proposal.
All the prompts and data are open and available on Github.
You can search for testimonies that mentioned a specific element in the table on the main meeting page.
When an element is explicitly stated in the testimony (e.g. "Universal Affordability Preference" or "UAP"), the analysis is accurate.
But the connection between a quote from the testimony and an element of the proposal is sometimes implicit.
In these cases, the AI might eagerly label a testimony as discussing a proposal when the connection is tenuous, or it might omit it entirely.
Follow-up discussion/remarks
Commissioner Osorio questions developer on UAP and parking requirements
7:14:36
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3 min
Commissioner Juan Camilo Osorio engages with developer Jerrod Delaine to gather insights on the potential impact of Universal Affordability Preference (UAP) and lifting parking requirements on the real estate sector. Delaine provides perspective on the economic considerations for developers and the likelihood of adopting these new policies.
- Delaine suggests that UAP needs to offer sufficient economic incentives to be widely adopted by developers, comparing it to the previous 421A tax abatement program
- Regarding lifting parking requirements, Delaine indicates that developers would likely reinvest savings into affordable housing through programs like 45-x
- The developer does not foresee negative responses from the sector to these proposed changes
- The current housing situation is not good and not improving
- Creating more housing supply will help address the housing crisis
- Public-private engagement strategy is needed to solve housing issues
- Universal affordability preference program is a good step to incentivize investors and developers
- Ending parking mandates will help incentivize housing creation
- Allowing ADUs will provide homeowners with additional revenue opportunities
- Faith-based organizations can contribute to improving communities through housing and economic development
- More affordable housing is needed, both rental and ownership
- Urgent solutions are required to address the current housing crisis
[EXPERIMENTAL]
Which elements of City of Yes for Housing Opportunity were discussed in this testimony?
- UAP
- Parking Mandates
- ADU
- Campuses
The following are AI-extracted quotes and reasoning about which elements of the proposal were discussed in this testimony.
This is a quick, close approximation. Occasionally, the connection between a testimony's transcript and specific elements of City Planning's proposal is tenuous.
Read about this AI-generated analysis here.
UAP
"I think the universal affordability preference program is a good step in the right direction as a way to incentivize you know, investors and developers to build and create more housing in the city."
This quote directly mentions the Universal Affordability Preference program and expresses support for it as a means to incentivize housing creation, which aligns with the proposal's intent.
Parking Mandates
"Ending the parking mandates, another solution that will help incentivize the creation of warehousing instead of creating more parking. You know, it's it doesn't say you're not allowed to build parking on products where parking is feasible. It makes the most sense. Developers can do that, but it doesn't have to be a roadblock to stop a project because it can't build enough parking on-site."
This quote directly addresses the proposal to end parking mandates, explaining how it will incentivize housing creation and allow for more flexibility in development, which aligns with the City of Yes proposal.
ADU
"Allowing ADUs will allow some homeowners to New York City to provide more space in their property for additional revenue legally. So this gives them a path into just the right way and then a safe way."
This quote directly mentions ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units) and discusses how they will benefit homeowners by allowing them to create additional living space and generate revenue, which aligns with the proposal's intent.
Campuses
"Faith based organizations wanna be a part of improving these communities, City of YESQ helps create a path to do so both in creating housing as well as economic development of communities. The city of yes is helping them to do so."
While this quote doesn't explicitly mention 'campuses', it does discuss faith-based organizations and how City of Yes will help them create housing and contribute to community development. This aligns with the proposal's intent to allow campuses, including faith-based institutions, to add new buildings and housing.
About this analysis:
This analysis is done by AI that reasons whether or not a quote from the testimony discusses a particular element of the proposal.
All the prompts and data are open and available on Github.
You can search for testimonies that mentioned a specific element in the table on the main meeting page.
When an element is explicitly stated in the testimony (e.g. "Universal Affordability Preference" or "UAP"), the analysis is accurate.
But the connection between a quote from the testimony and an element of the proposal is sometimes implicit.
In these cases, the AI might eagerly label a testimony as discussing a proposal when the connection is tenuous, or it might omit it entirely.