Affordable housing at forefront of de Blasio’s 2015 agenda
East New York studied for rezoning
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that affordable housing would be the centerpiece of his administration’s plan to fight inequality and address what the mayor calls the “tale of two cities,” in Tuesday’s State of the City address delivered at Baruch College in Manhattan.
“Nothing more clearly expresses the inequality gap, the opportunity gap, than the soaring cost of housing,” he said.
De Blasio committed to building 80,000 new affordable units by 2024, and to preserving 120,000 already existing affordable units.