{"id":540193,"date":"2024-12-06T09:29:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/?p=540193"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:29:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:29:42","slug":"city-council-vote-approval-city-of-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/development\/city-council-vote-approval-city-of-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"City Council Passes Tweaked ‘City of Yes’ Designed to Add 82K Homes Over 15 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Ethan Stark-Miller, amNY<\/em><\/p>\n

A compromise version of Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 zoning overhaul aimed at easing the city\u2019s dire housing crisis squeaked through the City Council on Thursday, clearing its final hurdle to become law.<\/p>\n

The mayor\u2019s \u201cCity of Yes for Housing Opportunity<\/a>\u201d plan, a suite of proposals that promises to allow for \u201ca little more housing in every neighborhood,\u201d passed the 51-member chamber by a slim 31-20 margin December 5 vote. The city estimates the plan will spur the construction of 82,000 new housing units over the next 15 years, down from the 109,000 homes it was projected to produce before the council\u2019s modifications were made.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> Single Page<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The zoning plan could bring ADUs, parking, sewer upgrades, and transit-adjacent apartment buildings to some parts of the five boroughs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189144,"featured_media":542641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7643],"tags":[3556,2418,32180],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-540193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","tag-affordable-housing","tag-city-council","tag-city-of-yes"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"City Council Passes Tweaked ‘City of Yes’ Designed to Add 82K Homes Over 15 Years","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/development\/city-council-vote-approval-city-of-yes\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/development\/city-council-vote-approval-city-of-yes\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/brooklyn-skyline-looking-downtown-2024-sdevries-3.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/brooklyn-skyline-looking-downtown-2024-sdevries-3.jpg"},"articleSection":"Development","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"amNY"}],"creator":["amNY"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brownstoner","logo":""},"keywords":["affordable housing","city council","city of yes"],"dateCreated":"2024-12-06T14:29:42Z","datePublished":"2024-12-06T14:29:42Z","dateModified":"2024-12-06T14:29:42Z"},"rendered":"