Brian Lairn on WNYC.

So last week, New York City Council and the Adams administration struck a deal on the mayor's ambitious city of yes housing plan maybe you miss

this if you know your news tastes tend toward the national and you're focusing on all the

trump nominees and everything but city of yes it's a big big deal the city and the state

have injected a surprise five billion dollars of funding, and the city council's

key land use committee voted to approve it. The plan is now headed to a full council vote

on December 5th next Thursday, and with us now to talk more about what exactly is in this plan

and how it may impact your neighborhood and housing across the city.

I'm joined by David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist. Hi, David.

Hey, Brian. So a $5 billion deal was struck between the city and the state. What's in the deal

and what can New Yorkers expect in their neighborhoods? It's a great question. And I like how you frame that as people might be paying more attention to national news and

national politics.

And this is pretty much as local as it gets.

And I think zoning, we talk about that, it can seem so technical and so wonky.

But really, it has a huge impact on all of our lives.

And I was just thinking about this,

you know, if you walked around a more suburban-style neighborhood like Whitestone, and you wonder

how in the concrete jungle of New York City we can have these kind of leafy streets with large

lots and single-family homes, or you travel by bike along Metropolitan Avenue between Ridgewood and Williamsburg, and it's so

industrial, and there's big trucks everywhere. And yet, these are areas that are so hot that

people want to live in. Why don't we build housing there instead of factories? Or you're in downtown

Brooklyn, and you're wondering, how are these huge skyscrapers here?

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