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Just prior to a vote by City Council last month to approve Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Housing Compact, some council members asked to put on the brakes before giving the state carte blanche with such a mandate. The original resolution gave the state control over local housing plans, which included requiring New York municipalities to increase their housing stock by 1 percent annually.

Congressman Mike Lawler gathered officials from across the Lower Hudson Valley to hear their concerns about the governor's housing plan.

"Long Island is well positioned for sustainable economic growth that will help protect property values and curb tax increases," said Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.

In a six-page decision Thursday, a panel of Third Department judges sided with Albany landlords in finding that state property laws preempt and nullify the city’s 2021 good cause eviction protections. The ruling makes the need for similar protections at the state level more urgent, tenant advocates say.

The eight members of the Housing Subcommittee of the Westchester Municipal Officials Association, with the support of the mayors or supervisors of 25 towns, villages and cities throughout Westchester, want changes in Gov. Hochul’s Housing Compact. Hochul has been pushing the plan that’s designed to create 800,000 new housing units throughout the state. In a […]