Thursday, August 4, 2022

Julie Won's constitution for affordable housing development

 


Queens Post

Councilmember Julie Won has put together an extensive list of guidelines—with input from non-profit leaders and community organizations– that developers must adhere to when seeking a rezoning in order to get her support in the city council.

Won, who was a Community Board 2 member prior to being elected, says the document aims to democratize the rezoning process, providing the community with greater input as to what is deemed appropriate for development. She said past rezoning decisions were left almost exclusively in the hands of councilmembers and were less “community driven.”

The guidelines she has created is what she refers to as a “living document” that she says will change with the needs of the district and city.

“As an office, we partnered with nonprofit partners to craft our land use principals document and have socialized it with the City Council Land Use division as well as other community partners,” Won told the Queens Post. “This is a living document that will continue to evolve as our community also continues to evolve.”

The guidelines essentially call on developers to do more than what is standard today in order to get their rezoning applications approved. She is calling for greater community outreach (in multiple languages), offer affordable units at deeply affordable levels and to invest in public services.

Won’s guidelines are important since she will ultimately determine the fate of rezoning applications in the 26th Council district, which covers Sunnyside, Woodside, Long Island City and parts of Astoria. The council, which must approve all rezonings, typically votes in lockstep with the representative where a development is proposed in what’s known as member deference.

“We released our land use principles to promote our community’s role in building new developments in our district and bring transparency to the land use process. We want to make sure that developers meet the minimum requirements to do business with our district: community engagement, affordability, and community investment.”

 

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is all Joe Biden’s fault.

Anonymous said...

1776 said...
In the name of a virus, government gave you:

$3,200 of checks
$30,000 of debt
A wrecked economy
Isolation from family
Closed businesses
Shortages
High prices
A vaccine that doesn’t immunize you
Medical tyranny
Dwindling savings due to inflation

And the Sheeple claimed this saved you.

NPC_translator said...

If the Prog nutjob Julie Won gets her way, development will almost entirely stop. And hey, I'm ok with that!

Anonymous said...

Sheeple just wait until the IRS is fully unleashed on to you.

Anonymous said...

What is the right wing think tank’s position on this? Should the Sheeple be angry at happy?

Anonymous said...

This lady is on fire. Unlike our do nothing guy, Holden.

Rob in Manhattan said...

Stop pretending the private sector offers any real solution.

NONE of these 80/20 or 60/40 schemes will ever come close to stopping the gouging of the lower and middle class via landlords.

The only solution is for the city and state to go full on, as they did 50-70 years ago with public housing.

Take property that is delinquent in taxes or use E.D.

Invest in the working class that will keep this city viable and not just a place for the rich and their serfs.

Make it a provision of occupancy that all able bodied residents put in some "sweat equity" to maintain the buildings. The unions may gripe, but do it anyway.

Make actual provable longterm residency a requirement --do not allow people dumped here from other states to occupy these buildings. That points will probably be the most controversial and might get struck down.

Our city created huge numbers of truly affordable public housing units from the late 1940's through the early 1980's. We can do this again.....and this time add some personal responsibility to the prospective resident.

Rob in Manhattan

Anonymous said...

Closer to good news than bad news.

Anonymous said...

The city is jam packed as it is. We don't need any new development. If you want to open up hundreds of thousands of new apartments, start deporting all the illegals who shouldn't be here in the first place.

Anonymous said...

The Virus was great for the economy. What difference does it make to a bunch of old dudes living in a Florida trailer park anyway?

Anonymous said...

HOW WONDERFUL DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND ACCESSIBILITY !

Anonymous said...

It's not every day that a leftist does something I agree with, but this looks pretty good. Let's see how it works out.

Anonymous said...

She's doing a good job here, but she's a bit too right wing for my liking.

Anonymous said...

New Yorkers - finally feeling the pain of the 'No Borders' policy they all seem to love - LOL

Anonymous said...

@Rob in Manhattan

Change your name to Stupid Communist in Manhattan.

Anonymous said...

@Rob in Manhattan
How about bringing back workfare ?

Anonymous said...

Thank you Rob in Manhattan for your usual insightful and informative posts. Unlike the dimwit Q-Anon creep, whose only contribution to society is to call everyone a commie.

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