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New Yorkers voted to approve several housing ballot questions as part of this year’s general election. After turning out in record numbers on Tuesday, voters elected Zohran Mamdani as the city’s next mayor and voted yes on four proposals aimed at redesigning the process for building more housing across the five boroughs, as the city faces a housing shortage and affordability crisis.

What were the housing measures?

An independent commission created by Mayor Eric Adams in 2024 wrote the measures after gathering feedback from the public. There were six ballot proposals, with three of them aimed at addressing the city’s current housing crisis by allowing housing to be built faster, particularly affordable housing. Question 5 create

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