Transportation is key to the goals of the “New York Housing Compact” that New York’s Governor proposed in her budget address earlier this month. Area officials are concerned that they conflict with the tradition of “home rule” in the state, in which local governments get to decide what is best for their communities through local zoning laws. Al Samuels is the president and CEO of the Rockland Business Association, and says our lack of full-service mass transit makes building the types of communities the governor wants, extremely challenging…
In her budget proposal launched earlier this month, Governor Kathy Hochul said the state would help local communities in the New York Metro area that have train stations to create “Transit Oriented Development” zones…
The plan would improve local infrastructure to support new development, and create a new Housing Planning Office to help local governments meet their goals.