Early voting in primaries in NYC begins on June 14. Before you cast your vote, check out our forums on preservation issues with candidates for Mayor, Manhattan Borough President, and City Council Districts 1, 2, and 3. Learn more about the candidates and make an informed decision about who will represent you, our neighborhoods, and our city. 

Many candidates and elected officials falsely claim that preservation measures are a cause of our city’s housing affordability challenges, even though older buildings are often a source of affordable housing, preserving historic sites doesn’t drive up housing costs, and building more and larger unaffordable housing (as many recent measures push) hurts rather than helps affordability. Village Preservation issued a policy brief on affordability and preservation that’s been distributed to all City leaders and elected officials. We’re calling on them to recognize that preservation and affordability not only aren’t at odds, but can and should go hand in hand.

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