Build, baby, build: Poll finds New Yorkers want to allow more housing

Most New Yorkers support changing the city’s land-use policies to encourage housing construction, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by free-market think tank the Manhattan Institute, found that 59 percent of respondents strongly or somewhat support “loosening the city’s land-use regulations in order to allow the building of more housing,” while 24 percent oppose the idea. The poll of 1,485 New Yorkers was conducted in July. Support for facilitating housing development was strong

source https://therealdeal.com/2020/09/08/build-baby-build-poll-finds-new-yorkers-want-to-allow-more-housing/