Three bold ideas for new housing

In a recent edition of Daily Dirt, I asked readers to submit bold ideas for large-scale housing development in New York City. The most plausible one came from Ken Fisher, a land-use lawyer at Cozen O’Connor, who recently unveiled it in an op-ed. His idea expands on a rezoning proposal by the New York Building Congress to allow housing along the route of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Interborough Express. Fisher, a former City Council member, called for the state agency Empire State Development to use a general project plan instead of separate rezonings. “In addition to being comprehensive and faster, […] This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.