Gov. Kathy Hochul’s newly announced (and mostly finished) state budget deal was the talk of City & State’s Affordable Housing Summit on Thursday.
“There’s a buzz in the air, the big news of the governor’s announcement,” said Edith Hsu-Chen, executive director of the New York City Department of City Planning.
RuthAnne Visnauskas, commissioner of the state Division of Homes and Community Renewal, delivered the summit’s keynote address, touting the governor’s newly announced changes to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which will spare some housing developments from the extensive environmental review process…