De Blasio Earns Political Win in NYC Affordable-Housing Vote
- He compares the victory to getting elected mayor in 2013
- Seniors and the poor would be subsidized in taller buildings
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio may have achieved his most important victory since his 2013 election as the City Council approved an affordable-housing plan that appeared all but dead when he proposed it last year.
The council Tuesday voted for a system that mandates developers set aside minimum percentages of units as affordable, and to designate which neighborhoods could accommodate increased height limits and other space modifications to create affordable units in rezoned areas.