Abundants rejoice! Even with down-to-the-wire negotiations, vocal neighborhood opposition, a socialist regime, allegations of a stolen website domain and a strident local city council member, luxury high-rises do still get approved in Mamdani's New York City.
A new housing development on public land on Greenpoint's waterfront got the green light from the City Council Thursday—sealing a deal between the developer, the Mamdani administration, and a local councilmember who refused to support the plan unless half its units were affordable.