De Blasio On ‘Poor Doors:’ Future Development Should Have ‘Equal Approach’

[hrmjustin]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday that he voted for a Riverside Boulevard development that will include a separate door for low-income tenants only with the idea of increasing affordable housing in mind, and future developments will involve an “equal approach.”

A New York Post report on Monday indicated that as a city councilman in 2009, Mayor de Blasio voted in favor of a zoning resolution for the Extell Development project at 40 Riverside Blvd.

The development has since gained notoriety for its plans for separate doors for luxury and affordable units — a phenomenon that has become known as including a “poor door.”

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/07/29/de-blasio-on-poor-doors-future-development-should-have-equal-approach/

[hollysmom]

1. If they have separate dprs, then

they have separate elevators even though they share floors. They probably have separate but not equal laundry rooms, etc. separate mail boxes - would not want them to be contaminated - it is so disgusting and so not equal.

[hrmjustin]

2. And this is NY. I can't say I am not surprised here though.