FRIENDS of the Upper East Side is co-sponsoring an upcoming webinar with Andrew Berman, Executive Director of Village Preservation, who will explain the significant impacts of several proposed ballot measures—and why all New Yorkers should be concerned. He'll also discuss how you can take action! A Q&A will follow.

Mayor Adams engineered placing several questions on our ballots this fall which would permanently change our city’s Charter or Constitution. Promoted as “affordable housing” measures, they’d radically change the rules for a slew of development initiatives, many having nothing to do with affordability or even housing. They would permanently disenfranchise communities, roll back democracy, likely result in less affordable housing, and promote worse outcomes for healthy neighborhoods. Even though the Mayor is no longer running, the questions will nevertheless remain on the ballot, and with strong support from real estate and other interests, stand a good chance of passing. If they do, they will permanently bypass the legislative branch of NYC government on a whole host of important land use decisions, disempowering communities and making it easier for powerful forces to manipulate the system to their advantage.

Find more information on the ballot questions on FRIENDS' website and on Village Preservation's website.

Co-sponsored by Village Preservation, the City Club of New York, Midtown South Community Council, Save Chelsea, SoHo Alliance, East Village Community Coalition, Lower East Side Preservation Initiative, Bowery Alliance of Neighbors, Broadway Residents Coalition, and Friends of the Upper East Side.