arrow City Comptroller Scott Stringer speaking in October at a press conference in front of a NYCHA housing development. City Comptroller Scott Stringer / Flickr As city comptroller, Scott Stringer frequently delivered harsh condemnations of Mayor Bill de Blasio's housing policies. He has accused de Blasio of deepening the affordable housing crisis by failing to create sufficient units for very low-income New Yorkers, labeled his rezonings as developer giveaways, and blamed him for mismanaging the public housing system. Now, as one of the top mayoral candidates, Stringer has laid out a detailed 27-point compendium of progressive housing goals that amount to a rebuttal of the former administration's approach.