Plenary Session - The State's Role in Land Use
Welcome: Jolie Milstein, President & CEO, NYSAFAH Sponsor Welcome: Todd A. Gomez, Bank of America Opening Remarks: NYS Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz | NYS Senator Brian Kavanagh Plenary Session Begins
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMThu
Broadway Ballroom (6th Floor)
Registration Required

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Speakers
Brian Kavanagh
NYS Senator - Housing Chair
NYS Senate
Steven Cymbrowitz
NYS Assemblymember - Housing Chair
NYS Assembly
Todd Gomez | Sponsor Welcome
Regional Director
Liz Benjamin | Moderator
Managing Director
Marathon Strategies
Letitia (Tish) James (Invited)
Attorney General
New York State
Vicki Been
Boxer Family Professor of Law at NYU School of Law
RuthAnne Visnauskas
Commissioner
NYS Homes & Community Renewal
Tom Wright
President & CEO
Regional Plan Association
Jolie Milstein - Welcome
President & CEO
NYSAFAH
Sponsors
Bank of America
Land use restrictions remain one of the greatest hurdles to affordable housing development across the State. Our panel of planners, economists, faculty, and journalists will discuss the history of exclusionary zoning, how other states are addressing similar challenges, and the benefits of a statewide zoning program in New York.