In Our Town: Boro Pres Unveils New Housing Plan, Says There Are 171 Buildable Lots in Manhattan

Cover of "Housing Manhattanites: A Report of Where and How to Build the Housing We Need"

Manhattan borough president Mark Levine unveiled a plan to create thousands of new apartments in Manhattan, declaring that the present shortage has become so acute it is no longer acceptable for local residents “to say that you just don’t want to build any more housing.”

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Federal agents detained a Columbia University student Thursday morning at one of the school's residential buildings, acting President Claire Shipman wrote in an email to students. Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal claimed in a social media post that the agents "impersonated NYPD with fake badges and a phony missing persons bulletin for a 5 year old girl." CBS News New York's Doug Williams reports.

In Our Town: Boro Pres Unveils New Housing Plan, Says There Are 171 Buildable Lots in Manhattan

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