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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Announces New Public Safety Initiatives At The Manhattan Institute

Published August 14, 2025 | Video Starts at 27:59

And even in our city of yes, we could have gotten an additional 20,000 units, but the City council blocked and stopped us from doing additional 20,000 units. But we forged ahead anyway. We're doing five neighborhood rezoning plans with 50,000 new units of housing are coming out of those rezoning plans. (27:59–28:04)

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Asserts that the city council blocked the creation of an additional 20,000 housing units.

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