NIMBY Archives - City Limits

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A majority of New Yorkers voted to pass ballot measures that change the land use process for affordable housing. But Republican districts and neighborhoods that built less housing are still…

ByPatrick Spauster 23Comments

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Mar 2025

Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Standing Up for Supportive Housing

“Despite its success, the creation of supportive housing has fallen far short of the need—in large part because of fierce resistance by local residents.”

BySherry Tucker

ByReyna Wang 0Comments

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Mar 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Beware the Trojan Horse of Alternative Housing Proposals

“It is always worth exploring developments on other sites. However, they should be additional sites for housing, not alternatives, and support for additional developments should not be contingent on the…

ByAustin Celestin 1Comment

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Jan 2024

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion

Opinion: Build Housing Where We Need it Most

“Allowing new housing development—in conjunction with other measures to protect tenants and make New York more affordable—is how our city can survive and thrive in the years to come.”

ByZellnor Myrie 16Comments

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Jul 2023

Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion

Opinion: Can a Science-Based Approach Break the NIMBY-YIMBY Divide on Housing?

“Despite the growing consensus that New York must build its way out of the housing crisis, NIMBY voices continue to prevail over our state’s most powerful leaders from Governor Hochul…

ByTucker Reed 4Comments

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Feb 2023

Climate and Environment Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: NIMBYs Are Wrong—New Housing is Good for NY’s Climate Goals

“Invoking environmental concerns to block construction is a classic page in the NIMBY playbook, but when suburbanites push back against dense, transit-oriented housing, they are not just hurting the people who…

ByBen Hitchcock 1Comment

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Nov 2022

Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics