NY Dirt: Council pushes back on appeals board nominee

Mamdani’s nominee for a key housing role is getting City Council pushback for his pro-development stance and work on ballot measures to expedite affordable projects. At a recent Democratic conference meeting, lawmakers were reportedly skeptical of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s nominee to lead the Board of Standards and Appeals, John Mangin, the current Department of City Planning housing director. “On the face of it, a majority of members would be uncomfortable voting for him as it stands now,” one lawmaker told Politico. Mangin played a key role as policy director of an Adams-era charter revision commission that landed pro-housing measures on […]

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