In the New York Post: NYC pols push state to fix decades-old law blamed for preventing much-needed housing as highlighted by Post probe

Top Manhattan pols are urging Albany to finally yank a decades-old state law that’s been blamed for exacerbating the Big Apple’s housing shortage — ripping it as “a relic of another era,” The Post has learned.

The push set to be unveiled Wednesday — and backed by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and most of the island’s City Council delegation — requests that Gov. Kathy Hochul and state legislative leaders include repealing the 1961 law as they finalize this year’s must-pass budget.

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