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Mayor Adams issues order requiring city

agencies to review city owned and controlled land

for potential housing development sites

Part of Adams Administration’s Pledge to Use Every Possible Tool to Create More

Affordable Housing and Deliver 500,000 New Housing Units by 2032

OUR BUREAU bold, forward-thinking solutions and solve a generational affordable hous- CityFHEPS vouchers, streamlining
using every possible tool available to ing crisis, we must bring new inno- our regulatory architecture to help
NEW YORK, NY
deliver the affordable housing that vative ideas to the table and activate build a little more housing in every
ew York City Mayor Eric Ad- New Yorkers need. The executive or- all city agencies, whether they are borough, and, with this executive
ams has announced the is- der will help support the Adams ad- directly involved in creating housing order, evaluating all sites owned by
Nsuance of executive order 43 ministration’s bold “moonshot” goal or not, to help deliver for New York- the city for potential inclusion in our
requiring city agencies to review their of building 500,000 new homes by ers. Today’s executive order is one affordable housing efforts. Ultimate-
city owned and controlled land for 2032. of the many ways we will continue ly, every individual, family, and child
potential housing development sites. “If there’s any land within the to exhaust every option to meet this deserves a permanent home and this
As New York City faces a generation- city’s control that has even the re- crisis head on and fulfil our pledge of administration will use every tool to
al affordable housing crisis with just motest potential to develop afford- building 500,000 new housing units make that goal a reality.”
a 1.4 percent rental vacancy rate, the able housing, our administration will by 2032.” Effective immediately, the exec-
Adams administration is proposing take action,” said Mayor Adams. “To “Today, we take a significant utive order establishes the City Hous-
step forward in our mission to tackle ing Activation Task Force, with repre-
New York City’s housing crisis head- sentatives from mayoral agencies and
on,” said First Deputy Mayor Sheena other public entities. The task force
Wright. “By directing city agencies to will review land under the ownership
review and assess all city-owned and and control of the city to identify
controlled land for potential housing potential sites for housing develop-
development, we are unlocking new ment, and develop guidelines to en-
opportunities to build more afford- sure agency policies promote housing
able housing where they are needed production. All locations that can be
most. This is a crucial component used to further housing production
of our broader strategy to deliver or on adjacent or nearby sites without
500,000 new housing units by 2032 disruption to critical municipal oper-
and to ensure that every New Yorker ations will be considered.
has access to safe, affordable hous- “As our city faces a critical af-
ing.” fordable housing shortage, we are
“Today, this administration proud to be part of this innovative,
doubles down on its commitment all-of-city approach to tackling the
to address the city’s historically low problem,” said New York City De-
1.4 percent vacancy rate and use ev- partment of Citywide Administrative
ery tool in our toolkit to deliver the Services Commissioner Louis A. Mo-
housing New Yorkers deserve,” said lina. “Through an intensive review of
Deputy Mayor for Housing, Eco- city-owned and controlled land, we’re
nomic Development, and Workforce committed to leveraging every asset
Maria Torres-Springer. “Building off at our disposal to contribute to this
our ‘City of Yes for Housing Oppor- ambitious goal of 500,000 new homes
tunity’ proposal and wins in Albany by 2032 and support this bold vision
to increase housing production, this to ensure that every New Yorker has
whole of government response will access to affordable housing.”
allow us to develop underutilized “Housing is essential to good
THE FOUR PEOPLE LIVING ABOVE THIS STORE land. I’m grateful for every agency health,” said NYC Health + Hos-
KILLED BY THIS LITHIUM-ION BATTERY FIRE doing their part.” pitals President and CEO Mitchell
“The mayor’s executive action Katz, MD. “NYC Health + Hospi-
DIDN’T EVEN OWN A BATTERY. announced today will add to our ad- tals’ Housing for Health initiative
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to stay safe ministration’s short-, medium-, and will create over 650 new affordable
long-term strategies to tackle the homes on hospital land. We are
city’s housing issues,” said Deputy grateful to Mayor Adams for expand-
fdnysmart.org Mayor for Health and Human Ser- ing this effort to all city-owned land
vices Anne Williams-Isom. “We’re to help even more New Yorkers find
helping more people than ever access home.”

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