The mayor of a rich New York suburb says wealthy communities 'are losing their minds' over Gov. Kathy Hochul's plan to increase housing

Business Insider ^ | 4/12/2023 | Eliza Relman

[Right Wing Vegan]

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to address her state's severe housing shortage by building more housing.

But many of the wealthiest suburban communities around New York City aren't having it. Leaders and activists in towns and villages from Westchester to the Hamptons are denouncing Hochul's plan to boost the housing supply in New York City and its suburbs by 3% over the next decade.

Hochul's New York Housing Compact would start to address the state's skyrocketing home prices and rents, aiming to build 800,000 new units and creating density, particularly near train stations, over the next 10 years.

The mayor of Bronxville Village, an affluent town just north of New York City in Westchester County, recently told Bloomberg News that she's been communicating with 30 mayors of other small suburban communities in the state who oppose Hochul's plan.

She said communities on the Gold Coast of Long Island and in the ritzy Hamptons are freaking out about the potential for more housing.

[Right Wing Vegan]

It's a nightmare to see all this illegal alien influx and ghettoization distributed into the smaller towns, but at the same time there is an unavoidable undercurrent of joy at the prospect of elite open border traitors having to face the invasion in their own neighborhoods, with their mexican roosters coming to their new homes to roost with their jubilant aaayeeeayeeeeeee screams. Let's see how the open border liberals, libertarians and rinos like it when the fruit of mexico and other illegals swarm in and play their nasty stank doonk-chee-chee music in their neighborhoods.

[Reno89519]

Did these Democrats really think that the influx of people would stay in the urban centers or elsewhere around the country and not need to move into their communities as well?

[LibertyWoman]

Where's the Simpson cartoon when you need it? .... HA!

I love it. absolutely love it. Enjoy NY

[hanamizu]

“It’s a nightmare to see all this illegal alien influx...”

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This is the elephant in the room that no one seems to want to talk about. All those millions of illegals are living somewhere. No wonder there’s a ‘housing shortage’. And they are flooding schools (which according to SCOTUS, have to admit them, no questions asked), using emergency rooms for routine free (to them) medical care, getting food benefits, free phones and other goodies at taxpayer’s expense.

This should be the main political issue for ‘24. It’s not a question of being ‘xenophobic’ but rather, how are we going to pay for all of this?

[dfwgator]

Good, they voted for it.

[dfwgator]

Stupid should hurt.

[KarlInOhio]

Prefab slums being forced on nice suburbs. One of these was planted about a half mile from my house. I haven’t seen an increase in crime, but for the first time since I lived here I’ve had to give the brush off to beggars in the area. One was driving his government provided wheelchair along a line of cars at a restaurant drive through.

[From The Deer Stand]

Elections have consequences. .

[xkaydet65]

Story says rich burbs, but places like Mineola, Westbury, Hicksville, Merrick aint rich by anyone’s standard. And the idiot governor demands 50 housing units per acre within a mile from an LIRR station. Clearly the Albany idiot from suburban Buffalo never looked at aGoogle satellite map of the LIRR. Otherwise she would have seen the enormous number of private homes on 60 x 100 lots she needs to take by eminent domain to achieve her goal.

[LibertyWoman]

right on

[Cowgirl of Justice]

Cheap housing near trains and busses.

People should ask Atlanta how MARTA has contributed to crime. They head out - usually with free fare compliments of the govt- hit the stores and peoples’ homes and are home by dinner with their pockets and wallets full, guns emptied.

[dfwgator]

Moving
African-Americans
Rapidly
Through
Atlanta

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

https://gothamist.com/news/nys-state-budget-is-late-thats-just-fine-with-gov-hochul

[T.B. Yoits]

Have the illegal aliens live in Governor Hochul's house. Let her clothe and feed them too.

"Rules for thee but not for me..."

[Petrosius]

End government involvement in housing and the market will take care of the problem itself.

[Gay State Conservative]

Some time ago I owned a nice little house...comfortable and sturdy but *not* luxurious...in a nice middle class suburb. As the time drew near for me to sell it the town...and,more particularly,the neigborhood I was in...became very hot,very trendy. At this time a proposal was made for a small "affordable housing" project there.

The residents went ballistic (just like residents of Martha's Vineyard did a few months ago).

The project didn't happen.

[cowboyusa]

No. L9ng Island voted R.

[dfwgator]

That and a nickel buys a nice hot cup of Jack Squat.

[kaktuskid]

Maybe it’s time for LI to be a separate state.

[LibsRJerks]

This is the elephant in the room that no one seems to want to talk about. All those millions of illegals are living somewhere. No wonder there’s a ‘housing shortage’. And they are flooding schools (which according to SCOTUS, have to admit them, no questions asked), using emergency rooms for routine free (to them) medical care, getting food benefits, free phones and other goodies at taxpayer’s expense.
This should be the main political issue for ‘24. It’s not a question of being ‘xenophobic’ but rather, how are we going to pay for all of this?

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Not to mention, they send all of their earnings “home” and all of that money just leaves our economy every single day.

It’s been going on now, though, for 20 something years ... I have very little confidence it will get fixed in 2024 or any election ever — not as long as the elitists on both sides, as well as whatever other side there is, continue to benefit from it.