The Real Deal, March 25, 2024, Good Cause, Bad Cause: Albany’s Recipe For Failure
The Empire State has been losing this battle for a while. New York once had 45 House of Representatives members. It now has 26. Population shifts have shrunk the delegation by 42 percent. As Gov. Kathy Hochul keeps saying, we have the jobs and the amenities to turn things around. We just don’t have enough homes.
The debate over housing looks deceivingly like a typical political dance that eventually leads to a compromise: Progressives say they are willing to allow more development, but only if tenant protections are beefed up. Specifically, they want “good cause eviction.” Media coverage has repeated this narrative ad nauseum.
