Council Member Banks asks about criteria for transit-oriented development
He asks what criteria determine where additional density is allowed near transit and how residents can be assured of no overdevelopment; Garodnick says they are taking a citywide look, assessing all 600+ miles of transit, and will share a proposal.
I want to cover a topic on transit-oriented development.
The administration believes that transit-oriented development is a key component of the block-by-block housing plan.
What criteria is the administration using to determine where additional density should be allowed near transit?
And how can residents be assured that the transit-oriented development will not result in overdevelopment of outer borough neighborhoods or place a disproportionate burden on those communities?
Great question.
Thank you, Councilmember.
So we are taking really a citywide look at transit-oriented development.
This is essential to how we grow as a city and also grow in a way that's climate-friendly.
It also is essential to our fair housing goals to create more opportunity for New Yorkers to live near transit.
We are assessing the opportunity across our transit corridor, all 600 plus miles of it, relative to the zoning that currently exists along those corridors to really understand the potential
and look forward to sharing a more robust proposal.
But we're in the early days of that exploration.
We know in City of Yes, we created the qualifying residential areas, which allowed for really re-legalized, like some of the missing middle housing near transit.
And so that was an approach to...
maximize transit in some of our low and mid-density districts.
And so we're looking at a similar approach potentially in larger density areas, but we're still in the early days.
And we'll make sure to have conversations with the council as we start to move that forward.
Thank you, Chia.