Governor Hochul's Proposed Housing Compact is not in the 2024 NY State Budget
By Staff
April 26, 2023: Governor Hochul has been advocating for building more affordable housing in New York State and proposed a plan known as the "Housing Compact."
This plan required that "downstate" counties including Westchester grow their affordable housing stock by 3% every three years and upstate counties grow theirs by 1% every three years. It also called for communities to build at least 50 homes per acre on average within a half-mile of railroad stations. Finally, it said that if localities don’t meet their affordable housing targets, New York State can override local zoning requirements in favor of any new development, and essentially force communities to accept new projects.
Many local officials opposed Hochul's Affordable Housing plan including Westchester County Executive George Latimer, Westchester County Legislator James Nolan, Westchester County Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, NY State Senator Shelly Mayer, and Bronxville Mayor Mary Marvin. Click here to read Marvin's recent column about this proposal. On March 4th, the Westchester County Legislature Minority Caucus introduced a Legislative Resolution Against Governor Hochul’s New York Housing Compact.
Governor Hochul initially allocated $250 million in the State Budget to help pay for infrastructure, planning and technical assistance for this Affordable Housing plan. However, in order to move toward getting the State Budget passed, the Governor submitted an amendment to her budget that removed this funding. The revised budget maintains $25 million to build 100,000 affordable housing units. As of this writing, the Governor and legislative leaders are still working on a Budget deal.
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While the earliest settlers of Bronxville date back to the first half of the 18th century, the history of the modern suburb of Bronxville began in 1890 when William Van Duzer Lawrence purchased a farm and commissioned the architect, William A. Bates, to design a planned community of houses for well-known artists and professionals that became a thriving art colony. This community, now called Lawrence Park, is listed on the National register of Historic Places and many of the homes still have artists’ studios. A neighborhood association within Lawrence Park called “The Hilltop Association” keeps this heritage alive with art shows and other events for neighbors.
Bronxville offers many charming neighborhoods as well as a variety of living options for residents including single family homes, town houses, cooperatives and condominiums. One of the chief benefits of living in “the village” is that your children can attend the Bronxville School.
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