{"id":215,"date":"2026-05-26T15:03:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/?p=215"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:03:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:03:31","slug":"statement-from-council-member-pierina-sanchez-chair-of-the-nyc-council-committee-on-housing-and-buildings-on-mayor-mamdanis-housing-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/2026\/05\/26\/statement-from-council-member-pierina-sanchez-chair-of-the-nyc-council-committee-on-housing-and-buildings-on-mayor-mamdanis-housing-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement from Council Member\u00a0Pierina\u00a0Sanchez, Chair of the NYC Council Committee on Housing and Buildings, on Mayor Mamdani\u2019s Housing Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSince becoming Chair of the Housing and Buildings Committee, I have called for New York to confront the housing crisis in its full complexity \u2014 not only as a crisis of affordability, but as one of housing quality, safety, and survival. Mayor Mamdani\u2019s first housing plan reflects that reality, embracing the all-of-the-above approach this moment demands: building new housing, preserving existing homes, protecting tenants \u2014 including in NYCHA \u2014 and confronting distressed buildings where neglect is putting lives at risk,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;said Council Member Pierina Sanchez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe focus on preservation, and on the Bronx, is especially urgent. Our borough and outer-borough communities are hurting. Families call 311&nbsp;again and again&nbsp;for heat, leaks, mold, pests, and repairs that never come. With&nbsp;roughly 35%&nbsp;of housing complaints involving heat, and fires doubling over the last three years, housing quality must be treated as a matter of public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI stand ready to work with the administration to&nbsp;finalize&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/2026\/03\/09\/nyc-council-members-tenants-and-homeowners-rally-to-reinvent-new-york-citys-municipal-foreclosure-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAFER Homes Act<\/a>, overhaul the Housing Maintenance Code, strengthen&nbsp;inspections&nbsp;and heat enforcement, and sharpen preservation tools \u2014 including tax incentives \u2014 so they demand accountability and save lives. The Council is ready to collaborate with&nbsp;urgency, because&nbsp;New Yorkers cannot wait. That must also include settling the&nbsp;CityFHEPS&nbsp;expansion lawsuit&nbsp;immediately, so we can focus on keeping people safely housed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">##<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSince becoming Chair of the Housing and Buildings Committee, I have called for New York to confront the housing crisis in its full complexity \u2014 not only as a crisis of affordability, but as one of housing quality, safety, and survival. Mayor Mamdani\u2019s first housing plan reflects that reality, embracing the all-of-the-above approach this moment demands: building new housing, preserving existing homes, protecting tenants \u2014 including in NYCHA \u2014 and confronting distressed buildings where neglect is putting lives at risk,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;said Council Member Pierina Sanchez<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/2026\/05\/26\/statement-from-council-member-pierina-sanchez-chair-of-the-nyc-council-committee-on-housing-and-buildings-on-mayor-mamdanis-housing-plan\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-housing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/pierina-ana-sanchez\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}