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🏠 NYC’s Big Housing Rethink: What Mayor Adams Is Proposing

Mayor Eric Adams is laying out one of the most ambitious housing reform efforts in decades. Here’s what you need to know:

• 🧱 Zoning Overhaul: The plan would modernize outdated zoning rules across NYC to allow for more housing construction, especially in areas well-served by public transit. This includes legalizing new types of housing like accessory dwelling units and small apartments in more neighborhoods.

• 🏢 Office-to-Housing Conversions: Adams wants to speed up the conversion of vacant or underused office buildings into residential homes — a smart move in the post-pandemic era of hybrid work.

• 🏙️ 100,000 New Homes: The city aims to add 100,000 new homes over the next 15 years, with a significant share of these intended to be affordable for working-class and low-income New Yorkers.

• 🛠️ More Local Control: The plan would give communities more say in how housing grows, but also set clear citywide goals to avoid endless delays due to local opposition.

• 📉 Fighting the Housing Crisis: With sky-high rents and record homelessness, this is part of a broader push to make NYC more livable and affordable for families, workers, and young people.

For the full article and in-depth coverage, visit:📰 New York Times – NYC Housing Plan