Statement City Council Approval on 962-972 Franklin Avenue Rezoning

“On behalf of the entire New York Building Congress and our Board of Directors, I want to commend the City Council on their steadfast commitment to pushing the long awaited and transformational 962-972 Franklin Avenue Rezoning past the finish line today,” said Carlo A. Scissura, Esq., President & CEO of the New York Building Congress. “This 14-story project will provide more than 100 units of critically needed affordable housing in the heart of Crown Heights, and will be fully financed, built, and operated by unions under the AFL-CIO’s Housing Investment Trust. At a time when New Yorkers are rightly concerned about finding housing and good paying job opportunities, this project should serve as a shining example of how we can work to uplift communities by providing local residents with jobs working on homes that they can actually afford, and we look forward to seeing more proposals like this in the future.”