NYC Planning Approves Adams' 'City Of Yes' Housing Plan

NEW YORK CITY — The City Planning Commission has approved Mayor Eric Adams' "City of Yes"housing plan Wednesday and now goes to the city council for review.

"City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” would address the ongoing housing crisis by fixing old zoning restrictions and allow for “a little more housing” in every neighborhood, officials said.

More than 100,00 new housing units would be created over the next 15 years.

The planning panel passed the plan by a 10 o 3 vote.

Some highlights of the plan include making it easier to convert office buildings into housing, more accessory dwelling units options, allowing small apartment buildings near train station and apartments above retail spaces.

It is crucial that we build more housing. We are on a real pursuit to deal with the issue of building more housing. You heard us state it over and over again, 1.4 percent vacancy rate. We have an inventory problem. City of Yes is very much engaged, and we're hoping that all of our council persons look at this," Adams said at a Tuesday press conference.

"This proposal aims to produce more than a hundred and eight thousand new homes in an over 15 year period, so this is crucial that we start housing New Yorkers and in order to do that we have to build more housing."

The plan would also eliminate off-street parking for residential buildings and give a bonus to developers who built affordable units in their projects.

The city council will now get the chance to review the plan before they vote to approve it.

Council Speaker Adrienne Adams said her office would “thoroughly review” the plan, in a statement to AMNY.