Brian Laird on WNYC.

We'll talk in just a minute to Maria Torres-Springer, Deputy Mayor of New York City for housing, economic development, and workforce.

Just back, as I understand it, from a

breakfast event where she presented a major new rezoning reform proposal from the Adams administration

to enable a lot more affordable housing to be built all over New York City. This will affect many

neighborhoods, so get ready to listen up. And many of you know by now the two-point

law of affordable housing politics that we've talked about a lot on the show. Point one,

everyone wants a lot more affordable housing. Point two, just don't build any near me.

So before we bring on the deputy mayor, here's Mayor Adams on what he wants from

City Council and Albany this year. So this year, we're clear on what we want. We need housing.

We have to build more. And if we don't build more, the mayor didn't fail. We failed the people

of the city. Because the people of the city all agree, we need to build

more housing. And at least on paper, he and Governor Hockel agree. I know it's a good start,

but it's not enough to fix our affordability crisis. So let's be honest with New Yorkers. The only thing that will solve this problem

is building hundreds and hundreds of thousands of homes.

Governor Hockel from her state of the state in January. And it's hard enough just to build in the city.

Then you bring the suburbs into it and you get things like this from

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakman, who was on this show on the topic last year.

I think we just have to be smart in the way that we develop those communities

and realize that whatever we do, we can't kill

the suburban character of Nassau County.

The suburban character of Nassau County, which translates to not anywhere near my private

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