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Related: About this forumUnion-friendly bill could slow affordable housing
Crowley. (William Alatriste/NYC Council)
http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/city-hall/2015/04/8566197/union-friendly-bill-could-slow-affordable-housing
By Ryan Hutchins 5:56 a.m. | Apr. 17, 2015
Legislation introduced in the City Council on Thursday would require a prevailing wage be paid on many construction projects that receive public benefits, potentially slowing affordable housing development across the boroughs.
Passage of the measure would hand labor unions and worker-rights advocates an enormous win. Many builders across the city would be forced to hire a union workforce, or at least meet the requirements set by the city comptrollers office for prevailing wage.
Its a really good bill, said Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley, who introduced the legislation. Its going to go a long ways in making sure people working on construction sites make a fair wage.
But such a law could also deliver a blow to developers of low-cost apartments and could prove troublesome to Mayor Bill de Blasios ambitious housing plan, which aims to produce 80,000 new affordable units within a decade.
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Union-friendly bill could slow affordable housing (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Apr 2015
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Yes,and the upside is quality built Homes done right the first time and on budget.
Wellstone ruled
Apr 2015
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Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)1. Yes,and the upside is quality built Homes done right the first time and on budget.
2banon
(7,321 posts)2. YES!
dogman
(6,073 posts)3. Rising property costs factored in.
No complaints there, just fair wages that are in question. See a Cheney on byline, coincidence? People making a good wage makes housing affordable too.
yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)4. Prevailing wages when using public funding should be standard policy.
The proposition that we can build cheaper housing if we use cheaper employees sounds quite logical.
Why on earth would that be a goal?