NYC Council Speaker Menin pitches red tape cuts to speed up housing production

Fuente: New York Post

City Council Speaker Julie Menin debuted a new proposal Friday to cut red tape for construction projects — in the hopes of building 35,000 new housing units across the Big Apple. Menin’s plan would streamline zoning rules and reform the city’s construction code to expedite housing developments atop an estimated 2,850 small lots, between 15- and 27-feet wide, that are currently vacant or deemed non-residential. “Across the five boroughs, there are thousands of small, underutilized lots that have the potential to deliver tens of thousands of new homes, but outdated rules and unnecessary red tape are standing in the way,” Menin said at the American Institute of Architects award luncheon.