It's the Brian Laird Show on WNYC.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom sitting in for Brian today.

On our second installment of 30 issues in 30 days, we'll talk about the three housing-related ballot questions that will get a yes or no vote in this election.

As you've heard on the show, Mayor Adams convened a charter revision commission last year. The commission was tasked with focusing on the city's housing crunch.

The commission and the questions it developed are not without controversy.

In some ways, it's just the latest chapter in a series of battles between the city's branches of government,

with the mayor as the executive on one side and the city council's the legislative branch on the other.

To help us understand how we got here and what these proposals

would do if enacted. I'm joined by my colleague David Brand, housing reporter in the WNYC and

Gothamist Newsroom. Hey, David. Hey, Bridget. So great to have you here, as always. And listeners,

we're going to put the question out to you early. Are you a supporter of these proposals?

Maybe a developer who thinks these changes will help

you deliver more housing or someone who works in housing and just thinks this is the way to go,

call us and make your pitch for a yes vote, the number 212-433 W-NYC, that's 212-433-9692.

Or maybe you're someone who's concerned about how these questions are shifting power away from the city council.

Call and give us your pitch for why voters should reject these proposals.

Or maybe you just have more questions about what's happening and how things are changing.

You can ask our housing reporter, David Brandt, the number 212-433-9-6-9-2, call or text.

All right, so David, let's set some context. We know that there's a housing emergency, but what kind of housing shortage are we talking about right now? What is the shortage the city's facing?

Yeah, we all know there's a problem.

Listeners out there, you talk about it, you hear us talk about it on air. But let's put some data

to this housing crisis. The city's most recent housing and vacancy survey where they do a census

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