Governor Hochul Makes a Housing Announcement

Governor Kathy Hochul announced a total of 350,000 housing units statewide have been built, preserved or are under construction since she took office in 2021. Governor Hochul made the announcement while touring a new affordable housing unit in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood, where nearly 8,500 homes were saved by the Governor’s landmark housing deal in last year’s budget that included an extension of the 421-a completion deadline. Already more than 3,200 units in Gowanus are in construction or complete this year and in total, 71,000 homes citywide – of which 21,000 are affordable homes previously at risk – were rescued by this action.