{"id":2612331,"date":"2026-06-09T08:37:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-drops-latest-spending-program-for-affordable-homes\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T12:42:28","slug":"mamdani-drops-latest-spending-program-for-affordable-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mamdani-drops-latest-spending-program-for-affordable-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani Drops Latest Spending Program for &#8216;Affordable Homes&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmamdani-drops-latest-spending-program-for-affordable-homes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2612331&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a new \u201cBlock by Block\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-chappelle-denies-killing-affordable-housing-plan-at-ohio-council-meeting\/\" title=\"Dave Chappelle Denies Killing Affordable ... Plan at Ohio Council Meeting\">affordable housing plan<\/a> aimed at addressing the city\u2019s housing crisis. The initiative proposes investing $22 billion over the next five years to build 200,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/proposed-tax-credit-bill-would-spur-creation-of-500000-affordable-homes-nonprofit\/\" title=\"Proposed Tax Credit Bill Would Spur Creation of 500,000 Affordable Homes: Nonprofit\">000 affordable homes<\/a> and preserve another 200,000, backed by targets described as among the most enterprising in the city\u2019s modern history.<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani also said he would pursue a \u201cConstruction Justice Act\u201d to require city-financed housing projects to meet a $40 minimum wage and benefits benchmark.The plan further includes a tougher approach toward landlords-calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-wants-special-session-to-ban-federal-vaccine-mandates\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis wants special session to ban federal vaccine mandates\">aggressive legal action<\/a> against chronically neglected buildings and shifting ownership of such properties to community control.<\/p>\n<p>Reactions were mixed: Steve Fulop of Partnership for New York city criticized the plan, warning that heavy regulation could deter developers and investment. Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis argued the city already struggles to maintain existing housing,citing issues in public housing and opposing what she characterized as burdensome regulations on homeowners and landlords.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>New York City Democratic Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a new affordable housing plan, vowing to spend $22 billion on his latest social program.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBlock by Block\u201d initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/mayors-office\/news\/2026\/05\/mayor-mamdani-releases--block-by-block--the-housing-plan-for-a-n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released<\/a> on Tuesday was described by Mamdani\u2019s office as \u201ca sweeping blueprint to tackle New York City\u2019s deepening housing crisis with the urgency and scale the moment demands.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It would fund the construction of 200,000 \u201caffordable homes\u201d alongside the preservation of 200,000 others, relying on \u201ca historic $22 billion capital investment in housing over the next five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani also wants to implement a \u201cConstruction Justice Act\u201d to guarantee a $40 minimum wage and benefit benchmark for city-financed housing projects.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Socialist mayor Mamdani just put NYC landlords on notice as he calls for taking \u201caggressive legal action\u201d against landlords and transferring ownership of chronically neglected buildings to \u201cthe community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His pitch: crack down on bad owners and remake who controls housing in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wNHxZIgrln\">pic.twitter.com\/wNHxZIgrln<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fox News (@FoxNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/2059351748959932844?\">May 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt a moment when working people are being pushed out of the city they built, New York cannot afford half-measures or delays,\u201d Mamdani said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis plan meets the housing crisis with the urgency it demands. We are setting the most ambitious housing production and preservation targets in the city\u2019s modern history \u2014 and backing them up with investments to match \u2014 while also protecting tenants and homeowners, investing in public housing and ensuring the workers building that housing have good-paying, safe jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Partnership for New York City President Steve Fulop reacted negatively toward the plan, which comes as the latest of several social programs introduced by Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, during his five months in office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevelopers, the private investors, the people with capital, that they\u2019re better off in other cities than the ones with huge amounts of regulation. And you\u2019ve seen it. You\u2019ve seen that all across the country,\u201d Fulop said in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/media\/business-leader-sounds-alarm-over-mamdanis-nyc-housing-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNew York City has a big housing shortage. It has a big opportunity to grow as well. But you got to be careful with regulation and government overreach,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We don\u2019t need to choose between protecting tenants and building more housing. Between fighting for NYCHA residents and homeowners. Between leading with the values that got us here and addressing the housing crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Block by block, we can do it all. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uuhImxLN1j\">pic.twitter.com\/uuhImxLN1j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/2059790416313037205?\">May 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rep. 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