Council Member Robert Holden has strongly criticized the city’s Charter Revision Commission (CRC) after the commission outlined a series of proposals that would “fast track” affordable housing across the city and “simplify” reviews of housing and infrastructure projects in an interim report released at the beginning of July.
Holden, who represents the 30th district, which includes the neighborhoods of Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village and Ridgewood, described the CRC’s proposals as “the City of Yes on steroids” and a “deliberate effort to bypass local democracy,” accusing the commission of catering to special interests.
