Courtney Ward reports for News10 that while many New York politicians have not gotten anything accomplished to battle the affordable housing crisis, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was in Pittsfield on Oct. 18, announcing a new bill she signed that will create 40,000 new homes. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul had a proposal to build 800,000 new housing units over the next decade, but the legislature did not pass that last spring. Healey, in Pittsfield, said, “As you know, housing costs are maybe our greatest challenge in the state.... It’s an issue no matter where I go. Certainly here in northern Berkshire County, but honestly, across the entire state.” Homeowners in Massachusetts will also save money with a rental deduction and low income housing tax credit in the new bill. Read more about this story at News10.