The final vote on Mayor Adams’ “City of Yes” plan will be Thursday in the City Council. That plan will:

• Substantially increase the allowable size and height of new market-rate (luxury condo) developments in our neighborhoods and citywide, especially in areas with contextual zoning
• Take zoning bonuses allowing additional bulk and height that had been reserved only for developments including affordable housing and give them to those that are purely market-rate (luxury condo) with no affordable housing
• Allow the vastly increased transfer of air rights from the scores of individual landmarks in our neighborhoods to surrounding blocks, with very little oversight or public review 
• Allow new development (or expansion of existing developments) to encroach much further into the limited precious open space in backyards and rear yards 
• Allow new development on currently required open space on NYU superblocks, religious institutions, schools, and other properties covering larger spaces under common ownership 
• Allow the city to rezone residential neighborhoods with new superdense zoning districts that permit development 50% larger than the maximum currently allowable anywhere in NYC

TELL CITY COUNCILMEMBERS NOT TO APPROVE THIS DAMAGING GIVEAWAY TO BIG REAL ESTATE! 

For more information on “City of Yes,” see here and here.