New York State of Politics reports that while Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to build 800,000 new housing units in ten years was not passed by the legislature this year, some lawmakers are cheering her recent executive actions addressing the affordable housing crisis. Hochul wanted to build apartment units close to mass transit so people without cars could travel to and from work, and this week 143 new apartments opened in Westchester County near the Metro-North Station in Harrison. State Assemblymember Dana Levenberg, of Ossining, said Hochul seems to have heard what legislators told her about the issue. Levenberg said, “I’m not going to say she’s bridging the divide but she’s taking action outside the legislative process. I don’t necessarily think that’s a bad thing. I absolutely agree with her that we must ignite a fire under our housing stock situation.... Now what she’s doing is exactly what the legislature had wanted to do which was to offer more carrots than sticks.” Read more about this story at New York State of Politics.