The vast majority of these affordable units are existing apartments, not new construction — a strategy born of design and necessity. David K. Brawley, who represents an East New York congregation, the St. Paul Community Baptist Church, and has complained about Mr. de Blasio’s affordable housing plan. Mr. de Blasio has put the total capital cost of the housing plan at $41 billion, almost twice as much as was spent on affordable housing during the Bloomberg administration. For those who work in the field of affordable housing, the de Blasio approach has been a reasonable one, given the limitations of the times. The housing plan is more readily apparent under the rumbling No.

Source: New York Times October 05, 2017 09:00 UTC