The housing ballot proposals set to go before New York voters this November just got two new endorsers: the New Kings Democrats and the Jim Owles Democratic Club.
The two political clubs – one of which sprung up as a reformist, more progressive response to the Brooklyn Democratic Party, the other a citywide LGBTQ Democratic club – are officially joining a coalition of electeds and organizations working to get the proposals passed. That coalition, which has been steadily growing, is the supporting arm of the “YES on Affordable Housing” campaign – a $3 million effort led by YIMBY non-profit Open New York and the New York Housing Conference.
Others like Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, City Comptroller Brad Lander, Habitat for Humanity and Queens and Brooklyn Borough Presidents