AIANY Testimony for the Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Housing
American Institute of Architects New York (AIANY) testimony for the Joint Legislative Budget Hearing on Housing expressing support for tools for affordable housing development and strategies to promote low-carbon construction with a focus on adaptive reuse and circularity. AIANY expressed support for the following:
- SEQRA Reforms
- J-51 Tax Incentive
- Financial Tools for Embodied Carbon (A6566/S7648)
- Embodied Carbon in Building Code (A8456/S7998)
- Eligible Criteria Expansion for C-PACE (A5404/S1335)
- Deconstruction Ordinance (A8637/S8168)
- Mass Timber Affordable Housing Incentives (A9255/S8918)