New Pro-Housing Super PAC: 'Abundant New York' To Back "All Of The Above" YIMBY Candidates

"Housing advocates in New York have created a super PAC that aims to spend tens of thousands of dollars to help elect political candidates who welcome development in their districts," reported the New York Times. "The group will also seek to defeat candidates it believes are not doing enough to support housing construction. The super PAC, Abundant New York, is the electoral arm of Open New York, a nonprofit group formed in 2016 that advocates more development. The PAC is a more aggressive attempt by the group to make politicians feel consequences for not doing enough to address a worsening housing crisis."

"The creation of Abundant New York is also another sign that housing politics in the state are shifting. Blocking development used to be an easy political win in some neighborhoods, where residents, worried about the changes that come with more density, are often able to organize quickly to lobby local politicians to preserve the status quo... And Annemarie Gray, the executive director of Open New York, said that to earn Abundant New York’s support, politicians must be in favor of both market-rate and affordable housing development. They would also have to support better tenant protections, such as a contentious “good cause eviction” bill that would restrict landlords’ ability to remove tenants." Read more.