IF WE COORDINATE OUR ACTIONS AROUND BOTTOM-LINE POLICY GOALS, WE REALLY CAN "DO SOMETHING" ABOUT HOUSING

Will New York’s legislature “do something about housing” this session? Maybe—if we understand what “doing something about housing” means.

Last year, Gov. Kathy Hochul proposed a bold agenda to increase the availability of housing throughout the state, while many legislators focused on safeguards for renters. What we need is not haphazard compromise through gritted teeth, but the embrace of a coherent policy to safely and affordably house more New Yorkers. We need to build more housing and help more people afford it.

This will take more than political horse trading. A grab bag of actions can take us one step forward but two steps back. To make real progress requires coordination and attention to detail.

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