Open New York

Open New York

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Grassroots nonprofit fighting for more homes for all New Yorkers

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🚨 We're hiring! 🚨 Open New York is looking for a Westchester Organizing Coordinator to help Open New York build community, advance policy, and grow our membership in one of the most expensive counties of New York State. Apply now! open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/0d8a0eb3e0...

open-new-york.breezy.hrWestchester Organizing Coordinator at Open New YorkAbout Open New York Open New York (ONY) is a statewide nonprofit fighting for a New York that makes room for every New Yorker. We engage residents from Westchester to Windsor Terrace, building a power...
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🚨 OUR NEW POLL: New Yorkers squeezed by housing costs overwhelmingly back reforms to build more homes across the state. We commissioned Global Strategy Group to survey 600 likely voters. First reported today in @cityandstateny.bsky.social. What we found 🧵

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And support holds up under the opposition's best shot. We tested their argument (Albany mandates, lost local control, overcrowding) against ours. Ours won 58–39.

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🚨 OUR NEW POLL: New Yorkers squeezed by housing costs overwhelmingly back reforms to build more homes across the state. We commissioned Global Strategy Group to survey 600 likely voters. First reported today in @cityandstateny.bsky.social. What we found 🧵

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71% support letting empty malls and strip malls become homes, without going through a rezoning first. It clears 60% in every region of the state.

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And this isn't only a city issue. Homes near rail: Rural voters 83–16, the most supportive group in the state Parents 85–13 Homeowners 78–21 Renters 79–16 Voters 65+ 74–26 Republicans 68–30

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🚨 OUR NEW POLL: New Yorkers squeezed by housing costs overwhelmingly back reforms to build more homes across the state. We commissioned Global Strategy Group to survey 600 likely voters. First reported today in @cityandstateny.bsky.social. What we found 🧵

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They also back what Albany has already done. 74% support Governor Kathy Hochul's SEQRA modernization that passed this year to cut red tape and speed up housing, clean energy and transit projects. Among renters it's 88%. Now they want leaders to go further 👇

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79% support allowing multi-family housing near rail stations so more people can live near public transit—often called Transit Oriented Development or TOD. Democrats, independents and Republicans all back it by wide margins.

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🚨 OUR NEW POLL: New Yorkers squeezed by housing costs overwhelmingly back reforms to build more homes across the state. We commissioned Global Strategy Group to survey 600 likely voters. First reported today in @cityandstateny.bsky.social. What we found 🧵

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73% of New Yorkers who don't own a home say they want to buy one here and can't afford it. 52% of parents say they're struggling to find an affordable home near a good public school. In New York City it's 70%.

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Voters want their leaders to make this a priority. 74% say lowering the cost of housing and rent should be a high priority for New York's leaders. Two-thirds say the same about creating more affordable housing.

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🚨 OUR NEW POLL: New Yorkers squeezed by housing costs overwhelmingly back reforms to build more homes across the state. We commissioned Global Strategy Group to survey 600 likely voters. First reported today in @cityandstateny.bsky.social. What we found 🧵

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The squeeze is everywhere. 92% of voters say it's hard to find an affordable home in New York. 84% say the same about their own community. The average household with rent or a mortgage spends 36.5% of its income on housing. Nearly a third spend half or more.

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🧵 New York’s housing crisis is statewide, and so is the need for leaders who will work to build more homes. We’re thrilled to announce our most extensive statewide slate of endorsements yet:

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We’re proud to support Chloe Pierce for Assembly District 107! A longtime advocate and lifelong Capital Region resident, Chloe is ready to be a voice for building more homes and making New York more affordable.

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And we’re proud to endorse 18 incumbents across New York who have continued to champion policies to build more housing in their communities. Housing costs and shortages affect communities across New York. We’re proud to support candidates working to address that challenge across the state.

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🧵 New York’s housing crisis is statewide, and so is the need for leaders who will work to build more homes. We’re thrilled to announce our most extensive statewide slate of endorsements yet:

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We’re proud to endorse Lisa Kaul for Senate District 39! As a Dutchess County Legislator, Lisa has made building more homes and tackling affordability central to her campaign, understanding that NYers in the Hudson Valley can’t wait for more homes.

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For Westchester County Legislator, District 15, we’re proud to endorse Kisha Skipper! Westchester is one of the most expensive places to live in New York. Kisha has long advocated for decent, safe, and affordable housing in Westchester and is making housing affordability a focus of her campaign.

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👀 "I’m committed to transit-oriented development. This will be the embodiment of the dream to have more transit-oriented development" - @governor.ny.gov 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌

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Think you’ve got what it takes to win Open New York Trivia Night? Join us Wednesday, August 19 at 6 PM at the ONY office for trivia, snacks, drinks, and some friendly competition!

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You don't preserve a city's character by making it impossible to build homes. You preserve it by making sure the people who work there, study there, and grew up there can still afford to live there.

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Open New York had two big wins last night: @elinorthrup.bsky.social in NYC and Demond Meeks in Rochester! Plus, sixteen pro-housing incumbents are headed back to Albany. New Yorkers want real answers on the cost of living, and building more homes is one of the best we have.

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Open New York had two big wins last night: @elinorthrup.bsky.social in NYC and Demond Meeks in Rochester! Plus, sixteen pro-housing incumbents are headed back to Albany. New Yorkers want real answers on the cost of living, and building more homes is one of the best we have.

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With hundreds of volunteer shifts and tens of thousands of calls, our members showed up for our endorsed candidates all across the state, from Brooklyn to Rochester to the Hudson Valley.

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What we're proudest of: Our upstate and Hudson Valley members turned out in force, in communities where we'd never had a presence before. Those chapters are growing fast, and they proved they can compete. This isn't just a NYC fight anymore. It's a statewide movement.

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The Hudson Valley is facing the same housing challenges as the rest of New York: rising costs, not enough homes, and too many people being priced out of the communities they love. That's why we're excited to endorse @Evan Menist for State Senate in District 39!

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As a City Council Member, Evan helped lead a citywide rezoning and comprehensive plan to create more housing and support growth. He understands that solving the housing crisis means building more homes, and he's ready to bring that perspective to Albany.

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This is great! We need housing everywhere. And the Council could more than double this by approving 460 permanently affordable units at Monitor Point this month.

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If you live in lower Manhattan and housing affordability is your top issue, vote Ryder Kessler for Assembly. He's the only candidate on the right side of solving the housing crisis. His opponent Jeannine Kiely is misleading you about her record. 🧵

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If you live in lower Manhattan and housing affordability is your top issue, vote Ryder Kessler for Assembly. He's the only candidate on the right side of solving the housing crisis. His opponent Jeannine Kiely is misleading you about her record. 🧵

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We built the city and statewide coalitions behind a new era of pro-housing legislation — the kind that can actually fix New York's housing shortage. Ryder enthusiastically joined that work. This is what a housing advocate ready to legislate change looks like.

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Of all six candidates on the AD66 ballot, Ryder Kessler is the ONLY one who stood up for the 2025 ballot measures to speed affordable housing production — alongside champions like Zohran Mamdani, Kathy Hochul, Brad Lander, and Mark Levine. Jeannine Kiely advocated against them.

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If you live in lower Manhattan and housing affordability is your top issue, vote Ryder Kessler for Assembly. He's the only candidate on the right side of solving the housing crisis. His opponent Jeannine Kiely is misleading you about her record. 🧵

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For years, Ryder has shown up at public hearings to testify FOR new affordable housing, from Tribeca to Chelsea. Those homes got built because of a chorus of pro-housing voices. He made sure his was in it.

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Jeannine Kiely and Ryder Kessler both serve on Community Board 2. The difference? Ryder has been the voice FOR homes — steering hours-long meetings back toward housing when others steered away.

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If you live in lower Manhattan and housing affordability is your top issue, vote Ryder Kessler for Assembly. He's the only candidate on the right side of solving the housing crisis. His opponent Jeannine Kiely is misleading you about her record. 🧵

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The math of the housing crisis is simple: there aren't enough homes. Every project killed and every approval slowed shows up in your rent — and in who gets pushed out. Remember that when longtime NIMBYs who spent years blocking homes suddenly claim to see a supply crisis.

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If you live in lower Manhattan and housing affordability is your top issue, vote Ryder Kessler for Assembly. He's the only candidate on the right side of solving the housing crisis. His opponent Jeannine Kiely is misleading you about her record. 🧵

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Beyond this, Kiely touts “win-win” ideas for new housing that haven't even entered public review and are years and years away — if they happen at all.

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What does that record produce? Of NYC's 59 community districts, Manhattan CB2 — the board Kiely chaired — came in DEAD LAST for new housing in 2024: just 24 homes permitted, and a net LOSS once demolitions and combinations are counted.

Open New York
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If you live in lower Manhattan and housing affordability is your top issue, vote Ryder Kessler for Assembly. He's the only candidate on the right side of solving the housing crisis. His opponent Jeannine Kiely is misleading you about her record. 🧵

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The city advanced 100% affordable housing on 388 Hudson as a commitment of the SoHo/NoHo rezoning, which Jeannine did everything in her power to oppose. That project moved forward because then-Council Members Margaret Chin and Carlina Rivera fought for it.

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If you live in lower Manhattan and housing affordability is your top issue, vote Ryder Kessler for Assembly. He's the only candidate on the right side of solving the housing crisis. His opponent Jeannine Kiely is misleading you about her record. 🧵

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In '21, the city moved to rezone SoHo/NoHo — among the richest zip codes in the US — to allow mixed-income housing w/ ~900 permanently affordable homes. The City's fact sheet says SoHo/NoHo had ZERO income-restricted affordable housing. Zero. Jeannine Kiely fought the plan.

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If you live in lower Manhattan and housing affordability is your top issue, vote Ryder Kessler for Assembly. He's the only candidate on the right side of solving the housing crisis. His opponent Jeannine Kiely is misleading you about her record. 🧵

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We trust Ryder Kessler on housing because we've watched him do the work. He's joined our efforts for years — testifying for new homes from Tribeca to Chelsea and showing up on Community Board 2. Housing is New Yorkers' #1 issue. He's earned our trust on it.