City Council committee revises ‘City of Yes’ housing plan; includes some parking mandates

NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Advance/SILive.com started the Tipping Point? journalism project to educate Staten Islanders on the potential effects of NYC’s City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal on the borough. In light of the city’s housing scarcity, the plan, which the City Council will vote on this year, calls for major zoning changes intended to encourage the construction of new residences and apartments.

New York’s Staten Island. Although it’s not precisely what Mayor Eric Adams wanted, a contentious housing plan was passed Thursday by a New York City Council committee.