On July 9, 2012, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced the launch of a pilot program called adAPT NYC. The pilot will consist of a competition to develop a building comprised of small studios on city-owned property on East 27th Street. CHPC stood alongside the Mayor as he called for better solutions to accommodate the needs of New Yorks growing single population.
This exciting initiative is based on CHPCs own Making Room project, which explores innovative ways for the public and private sectors to work together to increase housing choice in the City. With changing family demographics and a rapidly increasing population, New Yorks current housing stock does not adequately meet the needs of its inhabitants. We need better housing solutions that work for all New Yorkers.
We applaud adAPT NYC, and are thrilled that the City is testing these ideas in the marketplace.
We are absolutely overwhelmed by the flood of press interest in this announcement! It got television coverage both locally onNY1 and nationally on The Today Show.
Our Executive Director Jerilyn Perine participated in an open phone segment on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show yesterday, where we were surprised at the uniformly positive response from callers. The majority of coverage was in print, both old media likeThe New York Times, and new media like Gothamist.