Senator/Assemblymember
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June 1, 2015
Building affordable housing in one of the worlds most expensive and densely populated areas
always has challenges. This is especially true when the project is union built. In New York City,
there is a 30% differential between the cost of union and non-union construction. Requiring a
prevailing wage requirement for construction work will be a significant setback in the Citys
efforts to build more affordable housing.
We strongly urge the Governor and Legislature to support the production of new private
affordable housing and construction jobs by reauthorizing the 421-a program and rejecting
prevailing wage mandates on private housing projects, as proposed in A.3515-A/S.3213.
Sincerely,