Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to make it easier to build in New York, while also cracking down on bad landlords and cutting down on property owner costs.  In her fifth State of the State address, Hochul will unveil her “Let Them Build” agenda, which includes speeding up housing and infrastructure projects. She will also back efforts to create new criminal charges for landlords that repeatedly harass tenants across their portfolios.  Hochul’s agenda echoes the early approach of Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who has simultaneously taken steps aimed at easing housing construction while also ramping up enforcement actions against landlords. Her policy […]

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