Adi Talwar
50 Pennsylvania Avenue, one of several affordable housing development sites in East New York. While housing creation has lagged, there are multiple projects in the pipeline. But there are concerns about how budget cuts might imperil future deals.
‘Lynn Ellsworth’s Dec. 23 opinion essay (“It’s Time to End Mandatory Inclusionary Housing. Here Are Some Alternatives”) mistakenly calls the Mandatory program (MIH) a failure but does so based on both faulty data and a faulty analysis.’
‘The mayor’s housing initiatives address two related and important issues: the supply of affordable housing and the supply of market-rate housing that must be addressed as part of any housing policy to improve the lives of lower-income New Yorkers.’
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