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vrijdag 6 december 2024
WORLD WORLDWIDE US USA - New York NY - New York City NYC - THE CITY - Council votes ‘yes’ to City of Yes
Dear New Yorkers,
Mayor Eric Adams’ City of Yes development package got a “yes” from the City Council yesterday.
A divided Council gave the go-ahead Thursday to an update of the city’s zoning codes projected to create the capacity for up to 80,000 new residences over the next 15 years.
The Council voted 31 to 20 to advance Adams’ City of Yes for Housing Opportunity agenda — with some members saying they were moved to approve the package after obtaining concessions from the mayor’s original plans.
The overhaul aims to address a housing shortage that has given New York City its lowest rental vacancy rate since 1968. City of Yes aims to create a “bit more housing in every neighborhood” to address growing inequities between areas that have produced a disproportionate amount of new housing and those insulated from new development by restrictive zoning codes.
Meanwhile, fierce opposition arose in many outer-borough areas — including eastern Queens, southern Brooklyn and Staten Island — where residents voiced fears the zoning changes would dramatically alter the character of their neighborhoods and put further pressure on stretched sewers and streets. Some tenant advocacy groups also criticized the plan by saying it would not create truly affordable housing.
Its passage is a win for Adams as he heads into next year’s primaries, amid multiple federal corruption charges and investigations into his administration.
Read more here about the City of Yes plan, and how the Council vote went down.
Weather ⛅
Cold with a mix of clouds and sun, and highs in the mid-30s.
MTA 🚇
Uptown 2 trains run local from 14th Street to 72nd Street starting at 10 p.m. due to urgent repairs, and more. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.
Alternate side parking 🚙
It’s in effect today, Dec. 6.
Our Other Top Story
It is rare for English learners to get into New York City’s specialized high schools. But, reports Chalkbeat, one student, Derek Sandoval, came agonizingly close due to a “Discovery” program launched by former Mayor Bill de Blasio. The program was created to boost the numbers of disadvantaged kids in New York City’s elite public high schools by holding a number of spots for those who scored close enough to the year’s standardized testing cutoff. But other criteria of the program can then block entry — as Sandoval found out when he wasn’t ultimately admitted because his school had only 59% disadvantaged students.
Reporter’s Notebook
Mayor Final Gets Law Department Chief
The City Council on Thursday approved the mayor’s second choice as his new corporation counsel — City Hall’s top lawyer — months after a bruising hearing for the initial pick.
Muriel Goode-Trufant, a longtime public servant who began working at the Law Department, which is responsible for legal representation of the city, in 1991, was formally approved by a vote of 41-7.
She has been the interim corporation counsel since Judge Sylvia Hinds-Radix retired in the spring. But she wasn’t Adams’s first choice to replace the outgoing judge. His initial controversial pick of Randy Mastro was blasted by Council members. The former Giuliani aide faced an hours-long hearing in August and later pulled his name from contention.
Goode-Trufant said she planned to continue working with her Law Department colleagues, “who embody the principles of fairness and justice as they work to further the interests of the city.”
— Katie Honan
Things To Do
Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.
Friday, Dec. 6: Check out “Pets and the City,” the New York Historical Society’s current exhibition, which explores the relationship between New Yorkers and their animals over three centuries. Free with admission (general tickets: $6 to $24).
Saturday, Dec. 7: The annual holiday Parade on Rockaway, which also has a tree lighting event on Friday and a holiday market all weekend. Free at 5 p.m. on Rockaway Boulevard in Jamaica, Queens.
Saturday, Dec. 7: Go to the Gingerbread NYC Community Day at the Museum of the City of New York, where a hit annual exhibit of NYC landmarks in gingerbread form is currently on display. The family-friendly community day features cookie decorating, a Santa and more. Free with museum admission from 1 to 4 p.m.
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