New York City Advocates Want Changes to Mayor de Blasio's Housing Plan

Some advocates and elected officials are calling on Mayor de Blasio to make changes to his housing plan. They say it's leaving too many low-income New Yorkers behind.

Maritza Silva-Farrell is the Campaign Director of Real Affordability for All. She says the 10-year-plan includes adding 200,000 units of affordable housing. But she says only 5 percent of the units created in the last two years have gone to those making $23,000 or less.

"The previous Mayor, Mayor Bloomberg, used the exact same kind of model where the majority of housing went to higher income levels and luxury housing was built," she says. "The current Mayor took office and now you see this wave of homelessness."

Silva-Farrell says the de Blasio administration's current rezoning plan doesn't provide enough incentives for developers to create affordable apartments. 

Mayor de Blasio's office didn't respond to our request for comment.