What New Yorkers are Saying About the New York Housing Compact

Elected Officials & Community Leaders

Elected officials and business, nonprofit, and community leaders from across the state have voiced their support for the New York Housing Compact:

Additionally, more than 100 organizations from every region of the state have voiced their support for the New York Housing Compact:

  • Adirondack Experience
  • Adirondack Health
  • Affordable Housing Partnership of the Capital Region
  • Albany Black Chamber of Commerce
  • Alliance for Manufacturing and Technology
  • Alternative Federal Credit Union
  • Amherst Chamber of Commerce
  • Arbor Development
  • Artport Kingston
  • Baldwin Richardson Foods
  • Bardavon Opera House
  • Bassett Healthcare
  • Belmont Housing Resources for WNY
  • Bronx Chamber of Commerce
  • Buffalo Urban League
  • Business Council of Westchester
  • BUSINESS FOR GOOD
  • Chez Lãa Reine Boutique
  • Citizens Housing and Planning Council
  • CJF Realty
  • Community Foundation of Oneida & Herkimer Counties
  • Community Loan Fund of the Capital Region, Inc.
  • Community Missions of Niagara Frontier, Inc
  • Construction Industry Council of New York Staate
  • CRFS, LLC
  • Designatronics
  • Destination Niagara
  • EAC Network
  • Edgemere Development Inc.
  • Ellicottville Brewing Company
  • ERASE Racism
  • Farmingdale State College
  • First Ward Action Council
  • Forme Medical Center
  • Fresh Catch
  • Gaetano Construction, a Division of A. Pike Company
  • Galesi Group
  • GAM I ENTERPRISES LLC
  • Genesis Group
  • GMDC
  • Golden Artists Colors
  • Greater Binghamton Realtors Association
  • Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce
  • Greyston
  • Habitat for Humanity NYS
  • Habitat for Humanity, Capital District
  • Habitat NYC & Westchester
  • Home HeadQuarters Inc.
  • Housing Help Inc.
  • Housing Opportunities Made Equal, Inc.
  • Hudson Valley Economic Development Corp
  • Ithaca Neighborhood Housing Services
  • JLD ADVISORY
  • JMC Marketing Communications & PR
  • Kearney Realty & Development
  • Konar Properties
  • Lahinch Group
  • Lantern Organization
  • LiveOn NY
  • LMN Printing
  • Long Island African Amercian Chamber of Commerce
  • M-Ark Project
  • Minority Millennials, Inc.
  • Mohawk Valley Association of Realtors
  • Mohawk Valley EDGE
  • Mohawk Valley Health System
  • Neighbors Link
  • New York Building Congress
  • New York State Fair Housing Network
  • New York Neighbors
  • New York State Association of Affordable Housing
  • New York State Council of Churches
  • Newlab
  • Niskanen Center
  • North Atlantic Industries
  • Northern Lights
  • NY Hospitality Group
  • Open New York
  • P.A. Environmental Corporation
  • Pal-O-Mine
  • Parkview Development
  • Partnership for New York City
  • People Inc.
  • Plati Niagara
  • Rabideau Corp
  • Regional Plan Association
  • Rochester Downtown Development Corp
  • ROOST - The Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism
  • Rosenblum Development Corp
  • Rosendale Theatre Collective
  • RUPCO, Inc.
  • Satur Farms LLC
  • Schuyler County Partnership
  • SEEQC
  • SolEpoxy
  • Soter Technologies, Inc.
  • South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp
  • Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation
  • TAP, Inc.
  • The ARC Lexington
  • The Building & Realty Institute of Westchester
  • The Community Builders
  • The Council of Industry
  • The Livia Equipment and Rental Networx Center, LLC, DBA The Learn Center
  • Three Rivers Development
  • Troy Rehabilitation & Improvement Program
  • Up for Growth
  • Unbroken Promise Initiative
  • United Way of Greater Rochester & the Finger Lakes
  • Universal Hip Hop Museum
  • Urban Fork
  • Westchester County Association
  • Westhab, Inc
  • Wolfspeed

News & Media

Crain’s: On Politics: Kathy Hochul's suburban housing push is on the right side of history

New York Times: Opinion: The Era of Shutting Others Out of New York’s Suburbs Is Ending

Westchester Journal News: Opinion: Kathy Hochul's Housing Compact is right for Westchester County

Syracuse Post-Standard: Opinion: Gov. Hochul’s Housing Compact heals outdated restrictive zoning

WSHU Public Radio Long Island: Advocates call for Hochul’s housing plan to be taken seriously on Long Island

CityLimits: Opinion: NIMBYs Are Wrong—New Housing is Good for NY’s Climate Goals

WXXI Public Radio Rochester: Groups say Hochul's plan for housing would help address high costs and a lack of units

The City: Lawmakers Hail Governor’s Housing Push — Except on Developer Tax Breaks

Crain’s Editorial Board: Hochul's 421-a extension is a good step but doesn't replace the need for a new plan

Syracuse Post-Standard: ‘Exclusionary’ zoning must go, report says. Housing costs in Onondaga County depend on it

CNY Central: Gov. Hochul's housing plan could help low income tenants, but only with local zone changes

New York Focus: How Hochul Plans to Build Hundreds of Thousands of Homes Near Train Stations

Spectrum: Different homes, new zoning needed to ease upstate housing crunch, groups say

Spectrum: Upstate landlord supportive of Hochul’s housing proposals, but wants to revisit some 2019 rent reforms

Albany Times Union: Commentary: Zoning reform is key to solving housing crisis

Albany Times Union: Opinion: Affordable-housing plan must include investments in existing housing stock

Buffalo News: Boulevard Mall site ideal for Gov. Kathy Hochul's housing push, Amherst Supervisor Kulpa says

New York Daily News Opinion: How New York can build housing

New York Daily News Editorial Board: Kathy the builder: Hochul correctly puts housing production front and center in her State of the State

The Real Deal: Hochul’s Housing Plan: A Reality Check for Propagandists

Streets Blog NYC: YES IN OUR BACKYARD: New Yorkers Widely Support Parking Reform, Density Near Transit

Syracuse Post-Standard: ‘Exciting and scary’: Housing expert on Hochul’s plan, Micron’s arrival and CNY’s new era of growth

Politico: New poll unpacks Hochul’s suburban housing push

Data for Progress: Voters Support Transit-Oriented Development in New York State

Newsday: Long Island groups rally to support Hochul housing plan

WMHT New York NOW: Gov. Hochul's Bold Plan for 800,000 New Homes in New York

News 10 ABC Albany: Hochul highlights plan to improve housing accessibility

Politico: Hochul visits Long Island for housing push

New York Daily News: How Hochul housing plan can pass

Chautauqua Today: Rosas says Governor's housing initiative could help Dunkirk