FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2023
“Today is Albany’s last chance to prove to New Yorkers that they actually grasp the magnitude of this moment, and pass comprehensive housing policies that can begin to alleviate our current crisis in any meaningful way,” said Carlo A. Scissura, Esq., President & CEO of the New York Building Congress. “Lawmakers: New Yorkers are watching. Our industry is watching, and standing ready to get work building our way to a better future. Spend these final hours of session taking the mentality of ‘no, nothing, not now’ off the table, and instead reach agreement on low-hanging fruit that has the ability to become a bountiful harvest of affordable housing across this state. Office to residential conversions, lifting the FAR cap, a 421a extension for work already underway, Transit Oriented Development… all are forward thinking solutions to the disastrous situation we currently find ourselves in. Enough of ‘no.’ Get to ‘yes.’ ”
