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The Most Pro-Housing

Administration in City History

Previous administrations have talked about tackling our housing crisis, but our administration has gotten

it done. These four projects are just the latest examples of the work we are doing every day to reach our

moonshot goal of 500,000 new homes for New Yorkers by 2032

ERIC ADAMS

sk any young person, senior
citizen, or working-class New
A Yorker about the biggest is-
sues facing our city and you’ll hear
the same response: affordable hous-
ing. When 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, and we In East New York, the first phase of the “Innovative Urban Village” will create over 2,000 new homes, build a fresh food grocery store, and
could not pass the buck off to a future
administration. We had to undertake deliver social services, child care, and more (Agency file photo)
ambitious initiatives to build hun-
dreds of thousands of new homes as the rezonings under the Bloomberg with extra social services, outdoor Yorkers.
soon as possible — and that is exactly and de Blasio administrations com- spaces, and specialized amenities to Previous administrations have
what we have done for three years. bined. support our older New Yorkers and talked about tackling our housing
From the Bronx to Staten Island, Because of these historic efforts, help them remain in the city they crisis, but our administration has got-
across every borough and neighbor- we are proud to call ourselves the have contributed so much to. And in ten it done. These four projects are
hood in New York City, our admin- most pro-housing administration in Clinton Hill, we announced the rede- just the latest examples of the work
istration has created record amounts city history. velopment of 103 supportive and af- we are doing every day to reach our
of affordable housing year after year. But our administration is not go- fordable homes that will help parents moonshot goal of 500,000 new homes
We passed the first citywide zoning ing to rest on these accomplishments. living with serious mental illness or for New Yorkers by 2032.
reform in 60 years to build a little We are continuing to commit our- substance use disorder reunite with When it comes to building new
more housing in every neighborhood selves to the fight for more housing their children and build their futures housing, New Yorkers deserve noth-
and advanced five ambitious neigh- on every block, in every neighbor- together. ing less than an administration that
borhood plans to scrap outdated zon- hood, and across every borough. But we didn’t stop there either. thinks outside the box and pursues
ing in neighborhoods like Jamaica This past week alone, we brought In East New York, we broke ground every avenue and opportunity to
and Bronx Metro North. Rezoning hundreds of new homes across the on the first phase of the “Innovative build, redevelop, and convert city
is the lever that moves the boulders city closer to reality. In Brownsville, Urban Village,” which will create spaces into homes. That is the more
of bureaucracy out of the way, es- we advanced our ambitious Browns- over 2,000 new homes, build a fresh affordable city we are delivering,
pecially when it comes to building ville Arts Center & Apartments proj- food grocery store, and deliver social each and every day, as we continue to
new housing. That is why our rezon- ect to create 283 new homes and a services, child care, and more. All make New York City the best place
ing strategy has been such a success, 28,000 square-foot state of the art of these projects are not just about to live and raise a family.
helping clear the way to create an cultural center. On the Lower East creating new housing; they are about
incredible 130,000 new homes across Side, we helped finance 190 afford- creating a holistic community that Eric Adams is the Mayor of
the five boroughs — more than all able rental apartments for seniors cares for and uplifts our fellow New New York City, NY

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