Group pushing for more housing backs a slate of Council candidates
The “Yes In My Backyard” group Open New York, which advocates for increasing housing density in affluent neighborhoods, is endorsing eight Council Candidates
Among the candidates receiving endorsements are Legal Aid Society employee Juan Ardila, who is running against Robert Holden in Queens, and community board chair Marjorie Velázquez, who is pursuing a second challenge against Mark Gjonaj in the Bronx. Both challengers have also won the endorsement of the left-leaning Working Families Party, whose member organization New York Communities for Change led the opposition to City Hall’s current housing plans.
Look out Fieldston and Riverdale, Open New York will also back Shaun Abreu and Sara Lind in Manhattan, and Jessica Haller, John Sanchez, Althea Stevens and Pierina Sanchez in the Bronx.
A questionnaire circulated by Open New York asked candidates if they would consider going against the Council’s member deference practice — specifically, whether they would vote in favor of mixed-income housing developments in an affluent neighborhood if a local member was opposed. Berkovitz said he would have liked to see Johnson “take [the practice] on more directly.”
The group also asked if candidates would support legislation encouraging the creation of accessory dwelling units and the conversion of hotels into permanent housing, if they would pledge not to support a downzoning in their districts and if they would support eliminating single-family zoning citywide.
The full Politico article that can be found here,
No comments:
Post a Comment