1. Eliminating required parking, esp. in the outer boroughs is dumb. It will always be needed, by eliminating it you are just creating higher demand and thus COST for most people. Prices will SKYROCKET as alternative parking is unavailable and the parking garages themselves are eliminated to make more profitable housing!
2. Must be careful with zoning changes. People live where they live because they like it that way. Esp. sensitive in the lowest density areas.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, GET THE 421A BACK IF YOU WANT HOUSING STARTS! THESE OTHER ISSUES ARE MOOT IF IT MAKES NO FINACIAL SENSE TO BUILD !!!!
THEY SHOULD ALSO BE GETTING RID OF LOFT LAW!!! THOUSANDS OF PERFECTLY GOOD APARTMENTS ARE BEING KEPT VACANT BECAUSE ITS TOO EXPENSIVE TO "LEGALIZE" UNITS, YET CITY'S IDIOTIC ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM IS LET TENANTS LIVE THERE ANYWAY (just for free- I can only guess that means that they really aren't so dangerous - but than why are they illegal?) Just another poorly disguised law to steal from Owners to the benefit a few undeserving Tenants. Meanwhile, Owners are now more afraid than ever, so THOUSANDS of perfectly viable units sit empty "waiting" for office uses that will NEVER materialize.
1. Eliminating required parking, esp. in the outer boroughs is dumb. It will always be needed, by eliminating it you are just creating higher demand and thus COST for most people. Prices will SKYROCKET as alternative parking is unavailable and the parking garages themselves are eliminated to make more profitable housing!
2. Must be careful with zoning changes. People live where they live because they like it that way. Esp. sensitive in the lowest density areas.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, GET THE 421A BACK IF YOU WANT HOUSING STARTS! THESE OTHER ISSUES ARE MOOT IF IT MAKES NO FINACIAL SENSE TO BUILD !!!!
THEY SHOULD ALSO BE GETTING RID OF LOFT LAW!!! THOUSANDS OF PERFECTLY GOOD APARTMENTS ARE BEING KEPT VACANT BECAUSE ITS TOO EXPENSIVE TO "LEGALIZE" UNITS, YET CITY'S IDIOTIC ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM IS LET TENANTS LIVE THERE ANYWAY (just for free- I can only guess that means that they really aren't so dangerous - but than why are they illegal?) Just another poorly disguised law to steal from Owners to the benefit a few undeserving Tenants. Meanwhile, Owners are now more afraid than ever, so THOUSANDS of perfectly viable units sit empty "waiting" for office uses that will NEVER materialize.