City Council Resolution Supports State on Closing Loopholes!!

With only a few days left in the state session to pass A5026/S3820, New York City Council Members Ben Kallos and Keith Powers are throwing their weight behind state efforts to make it even harder for developers to exploit zoning loopholes!

“We don’t need more buildings for billionaires, we need new affordable homes for everyday New Yorkers,” Kallos said. “We are fighting overdevelopment at every level of government, whether through city zoning, the city’s building code, or state legislation.”

“These parallel approaches are both necessary as part of a comprehensive policy to limit the zoning abuses contributing to overdevelopment,” said Rachel Levy, the executive director of Friends of the Upper East Side Historic Districts.

With support from City Council, over 30 state legislators, advocacy groups, and YOU - we can get this bill passed!

Please encourage every New Yorker you know to sign this petition ASAP!

If you can and want to do more, please call the following New York State Senators and Assembly Members and ask them to vote on this legislation before the session ends on June 19:

Senator Brian Kavanaugh
Chairman of Committee on Housing
518-455-2625 (Albany)
718-875-1517 (District)
212-298-5565 (Manhattan)
 
Assembly Member Steven Cymbrowitz
Chair, Committee on Housing
518-455-5214 (Albany)
718-743-4078 (District)
 
Assembly Member Carl E. Heastie
Speaker of the House
518-455-3791 (Albany)
718-654-6539 (District)
 
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Senate Majority Leader and Temporary President
518-455-2585 (Albany)
914-423-4031 (District)