Posted on March 14, 2016 by J. David Goodman and Mireya Navarro in The New York Times The New York Times, By J. David Goodman and Mireya Navarro A proposal by Mayor Bill de Blasio to rezone parts of the city to build more housing cleared its most important hurdle on Monday, emerging from a City Council meeting with enough revisions to satisfy major critics and city lawmakers who had opposed the plan for not doing enough to provide housing for the poorest New Yorkers. Council members said the plan would now ensure that any new housing built would include units affordable to more of the city’s lower-income residents, including rental apartments in some developments for those making an average of 40 percent of the New York City area median income, or about $31,000 a year for a family of three. The proposal is expected to pass the Council when it holds its next full session on March 22.
