Nassau Town Supervisors To Denounce Hochul's Housing Plan Tuesday

MANHASSET, NY — Town supervisors from three North Nassau County towns, along with Glen Cove's mayor, planned to gather in Manhasset on Tuesday morning to denounce Gov. Kathy Hochul's new plan to address affordable housing in the state. The plan would require Long Island to meet a growth target of 3 percent per year, or risk affordable housing developments that do not conform to local zoning being fast-tracked for approval.

North Hempstead's Jennifer DeSena, Hempstead's Donald Clavin and Oyster Bay's Joseph Saladino planned to raise concerns over the New York Housing Compact plan that Hochul unveiled last week during a State of the State address in Albany.

Concerned residents planned to join the 11:30 a.m. news conference, a spokesperson for Supervisor DeSena's office told Patch.

The supervisors, along with Glen Cove City Mayor Pamela Panzenbeck, will ask for state lawmakers to "nix governor's urbanization agenda that attacks local neighborhoods," DeSena's spokesperson Brian Devine said.

DeSena's spokesperson called Hochul's plan "another ill-conceived progressive proposal that would impact Long Island suburbs and single-family home zoning," calling it a repeat of Hochul's 2022 five-year, $25 billion plan to create and preserve 100,0000 affordable homes in New York.

DeSena's office said the new plan would "result in thousands of apartments and high-density housing flooding every family-zoned community," and that "large scale apartment buildings could pop up next to single-family homes.

The four Republican officials will gather at 77 Memorial Pl. in Manhasset to discuss concerns about how Hochul's plan would impact the environment, traffic, parking, emergency services, police protection, local utilities and schools.

A petition drive asking for the housing plan to not be included in Hochul's upcoming budget proposal will be launched, Devine said.