Overview
- The New York Daily News and New York Post each urge voters to approve Proposals 2, 3 and 4, saying they would help build more housing.
- The Daily News alleges the City Council used taxpayer-funded mailers and digital ads to campaign against the housing measures and tried to keep them off the ballot.
- Proposal 2 would cut months from approvals for publicly financed affordable housing by removing routine City Council sign-off.
- Proposal 3 would speed reviews for smaller projects, with community boards and borough presidents weighing in and final decisions by the City Planning Commission.
- Proposal 4 would create a three-member Affordable Housing Appeals Board with authority to overturn Council decisions on qualifying projects, while the Post also backs Proposal 5’s digital City Map and opposes Proposal 6 on moving local elections.