Housing
Where New York City’s Affordable Housing Push Fell Short
In a report on Bill de Blasio’s housing record, New York public advocate Jumaane Williams finds that the outgoing mayor’s mandatory inclusionary housing initiative didn’t meet expectations.
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane D. Williams in June.
Photographer: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images North AmericaNew York City built and preserved thousands of affordable apartments under Mayor Bill de Blasio. Yet his administration did not go nearly far enough to provide units for the lowest-income New Yorkers, and it hasn’t provided these homes in the places where they’re needed most.
That’s according to a new report from New York City public advocate and gubernatorial candidate Jumaane Williams.