Posted on 02/04/2015 3:31:21 PM PST by dennisw
Alicia Glen, the city’s deputy mayor for housing and economic development, said in an interview.
“Density doesn’t have to be a bad word,” Ms. Glen added. “We want to explain the benefits of density, and why density is not, per se, a scary thing.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday is set to declare housing as the focal point of his second year in office, unveiling a vision for an even denser yet more affordable New York City that will transform neighborhoods from East Harlem in Manhattan to Staten Island’s North Shore.
The mayor’s mission: to convince New Yorkers that his plan to build more, and build higher, can improve the quality of life for residents across all income levels, even as many have come to associate construction cranes and high-rise buildings with the out-of-reach opulence of the upper class.
In his second State of the City address, Mr. de Blasio plans to invoke the city’s post-World War II building boom, when large housing complexes like Stuyvesant Town offered shelter and security to middle- and working-class New Yorkers.
Officials said the mayor would announce new plans to rezone two more neighborhoods, East Harlem and Stapleton, Staten Island, to allow for taller and larger residential buildings. Mr. de Blasio intends to make affordable apartments a requirement, not an option, in those developments — along with four others across the city — and he will offer new protections for current tenants who fear being forced out by the changes.
The mayor also plans to call for the construction of 160,000 new market-rate apartments over the next decade, hoping that a larger supply of housing will help reduce rents more broadly.
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My take is De Blasio is going to cram more 3rd worlders in NY who will be voting Democrat. If you immigrated from Calcutta then NYC does not seem densely populated
Why does visions of Soviet Union housing come to mind?
Her’e your immigrant roommate. Housing is now denser, and your rent is cut in half. Vote DeBlasio!
Because he is a communist. People living in stark boxes is a dream for them.
Thank God I don’t live in New York City. Denser? What the heck is he talking about. It is clostrophic as it is already. He is clearly nutty....much worse then Bloomberg and I never thought that was possible.
I will continue living in my 3600 square foot home in Maryland (rented now) and my 2800 square foot home in Florida (current residence). I can’t imagine having to live in a 1000 square foot home. Of course there are 6 of us (myself, wife and four kids). New Yorkers must love it though.
BUMP
All communists love concrete
Yeah, termites love density!
I see the mayor is down with Agenda 21.
Didn’t Hitler make housing denser and more affordable for the Jews?
A lot of people roll their eyes at my sig, but one day they will understand!
Here the proposal is to have people live in stacks of converted shipping containers.
How many is Wilhelm going to crowd into the basement of his mansion?
You hit the nail on the head, in that, you have chosen to live somewhere besides a big city. You have chosen to live in a detached house. You have chosen a roomy residence which works for your family.
Trying to say, you exercised free choice.
Liberals say they are pro choice on abortion, but on so many other issues, including this housing issue, they want to tell us how we need to live. No thanks.........
THIS JUST IN-—Obama suggested ISIS’ new motto: “You’re safer because you’re fairer.”
Taken from Blobbio’s campaign comments WRT ending stop-and-frisk.
If I remember right, the apartment buildings used to fall down a month after tenants moved in.
Didn't that of that. I was speculating on how much more crime there will be with the higher density fomenting much more stress than there already is there. Can't remember the studies of colonies of 'rats being put into ever shrinking spaces
So much for any middle class, not to mention the expedited outflow of wealthier individuals, and there tax dollars, seeking saner environs. Did I mention the corporations?
And why would people with money to spend want to visit NY City any more when they’ed be surrounded by dangerous illegals?
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