{"id":87767,"date":"2025-07-24T04:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87767\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T04:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:50:16","slug":"adams-claims-his-administration-is-most-pro-housing-in-city-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/87767\/","title":{"rendered":"Adams claims his administration is \u2018most pro-housing in city history\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let Mayor Eric Adams tell it, and he would say he is the proud poster boy for building more housing across the city. In an op-ed he wrote for \u201cHarlem World\u201d magazine<\/a>, he said he has the \u201cmost pro-housing administration in city history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams\u2019s\u202fCity of Yes for Housing Opportunity<\/a> (CHO) plan, an overhaul of the city\u2019s zoning rules to allow for more housing in every City Council district, was approved in 2024. The goal of the plan is to build 500,000 homes by 2032. As a complement to the mayor\u2019s plan, the City Council also passed City for All<\/a> to deepen commitments to preserving affordable housing and homeownership.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen our administration came into office, we were clear that our city could not afford to keep kicking the can down the road on housing; it was not enough to tinker around the edges of our housing crisis,\u201d wrote Adams, who is seeking a second term in office, \u201cand we could not pass the buck off to a future administration.\u201d <\/p>\n

A number of housing developments have received Adams\u2019s stamp of approval recently. <\/p>\n

Adams announced<\/a> the Ridge Street Apartments, a 16-story building for seniors on Manhattan\u2019s Lower East Side. The building is part of the city\u2019s Senior Affordable Rental Apartments (SARA) <\/a>program, offering 190 studio and one-bedroom apartments for low-income seniors age 62 and older at or below 50% of the area median income (AMI). The project is expected to cost $176 million, with the Adams administration contributing $32 million. Construction is expected to begin later this year and be completed by 2028, according to the city. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe passed the first citywide zoning reform in 60 years to build a little more housing in every neighborhood and advanced five ambitious neighborhood plans to scrap outdated zoning in neighborhoods like Jamaica and Bronx Metro North,\u201d Adams continued. \u201cBecause of these historic efforts, we are proud to call ourselves the most pro-housing administration in city history.\u201d<\/p>\n

More examples of the city\u2019s efforts include breaking ground on the Innovative Urban Village<\/a> housing development in East New York, Brooklyn, on July 15. The multi-phase redevelopment project spans 11 buildings over several acres of land. The campus will belong to the Christian Cultural Center, which promises to create 385 affordable and supportive units at up to 80% of the AMI in the first phase. Another 94 apartments are reserved for households in need of support services such as case management, legal advice, and nutritional support. <\/p>\n

\"\"Brownsville, Brooklyn. (Photo credit: Aufgang Architects)<\/p>\n

\"\"Ridge Street Apartments will deliver 190 truly affordable homes for
\nseniors on Lower East Side. (Photo credit: Handel Architects LLP)<\/p>\n

A second phase<\/a> includes two buildings that aim to build 453 income-based affordable rental units. The city\u2019s Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) allocated $47 million for the site, reserving it for its \u201cextremely \u2026 low-income affordability program.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Brownsville Arts Center & Apartments (BACA) project <\/a>aims to build 283 affordable rental apartments, at between 30% and 70% of the AMI, as well as a 28,000-square-foot cultural arts center on a city-owned site in Brooklyn. The project is expected to cost $254 million, with the mayor\u2019s office contributing nearly $100 million in city subsidies. <\/p>\n

Finally, the city has also approved plans to reshape central corridors in heavily trafficked neighborhoods like the Bronx-Metro North Station Area plan<\/a> for uptown and the Bronx; the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use plan<\/a> in Brooklyn; a plan to convert vacant offices into housing<\/a> in Manhattan; and in Queens, the Jamaica Now Neighborhood Action plan<\/a> and the OneLIC Neighborhood <\/a>revamp of Long Island City\u2019s waterfront. <\/p>\n

\u201cStudy after study validates the impact of increased housing production in slowing the pace of rent growth,\u201d said a Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) spokesperson. \u201cA wide range of elected officials now advocate(s) for reforms to accelerate housing production and should be commended for adopting data-driven policy over NIMBYism.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York University\u2019s (NYU) Furman Center\u2019s Supply Skepticism Revisited<\/a> study from 2023 found that increasing housing supply reduces or slows growth in rentals in the region, according to REBNY.<\/p>\n

Many agree that more housing is part of the solution <\/a>to the city\u2019s housing and affordability crisis, but there is concern that the push to build will ultimately harm historically Black and Brown or low-income communities being built in. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe Adams Administration\u2019s commitment to building more housing, catalyzed by \u2018City of Yes,\u2019 is certainly commendable and should be celebrated. In the most simple terms, increasing the housing supply stands to benefit all New Yorkers,\u201d said Christine C. Quinn, president and CEO of Win (formerly Women in Need), in a statement. \u201cHowever, to truly be pro-housing, that housing must be affordable and accessible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The issue of preventing current tenants and homeowners from fleeing the city due to gentrification or high rents while new housing is being built is still present. It is an area where Adams has met criticism.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Adams Administration\u2019s recently proposed rent hike on CityFHEPS recipients runs counter to that mission and will make housing harder to access for hundreds of hardworking families across our city,\u201d added Quinn. \u201cThe Administration has an opportunity to truly lead on housing, but only if they reverse course on shortsighted policies like the CityFHEPS rent hike and begin to prioritize affordability and accessibility in policymaking.\u201d<\/p>\n

On June 30, the city\u2019s Rent Guidelines Board (RGB) voted to raise rents by 3% on a one-year lease and 4.5% on a two-year lease. This was the fourth year in a row that rents were increased for 2.4 million rent-stabilized New Yorkers, for a total of 12% while Adams has been in office, said housing advocates. Although the RGB is an independent body, they criticized RGB board members appointed by Adams<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee challenging Adams in November\u2019s general election, has also slammed the mayor over the latest rent hike and has been especially vocal about implementing a rent freeze<\/a> for rent-stabilized apartments during his campaign. <\/p>\n

Kai Cogsville, communications director for the New York Interfaith Commission for Housing Equality and founder of Defend Harlem, which spent much energy on protesting the One45 housing development in Harlem<\/a> recently approved by the City Council, said that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t necessarily think pro-housing is good or bad.\u201d He does believe that any housing built should prioritize being affordable for essential, working-class households with incomes from $30,000 to $60,000. \u201cThose are the folks being priced out. They need to build for those folks,\u201d said Cogsville.<\/p>\n

Cogsville\u2019s father, Donald Cogsville, was president and a founding member of the Harlem Urban Development Corporation (HUDC) <\/a>in 1995. The HUDC was dissolved by former Gov. George Pataki<\/a> in favor of a state-controlled agency. Cogsville believes that recreating the HUDC with affordable housing entities funded by the state could be a solution to the city\u2019s housing crisis.<\/p>\n

Adams is set to launch a City of Yes for Families plan<\/a> this year, which is a set of zoning proposals and housing initiatives meant to help families stay in the city, such as co-located housing and schools, more grocery stores, the Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS) program to encourage the creation of more playgrounds, and better public transit stations. <\/p>\n

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