NY Dirt: Mamdani’s BSA pick heads to the hot seat

Mamdani’s pick to lead the Board of Standards and Appeals met lawmaker pushback, as the City Council approaches a crossroads at next week’s confirmation hearing. John Mangin, who is currently director of the Department of City Planning’s housing division, received vociferous opposition from many council members who took issue with a paper he wrote more than a decade ago in Stanford University Law and Policy Review.  In the article, he called out “wealthy homeowner cartels,” citing a tendency to limit density in their neighborhoods that he argued has hindered attempts to increase housing supply in high-demand areas. Lawmakers including Deputy […]

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