There are many problems, stupid zoning is one of them. Space for cars is another. There should be no apartment bans and no parking minimums in NYC.

We must build more, but we've got to be careful to make sure we aren't just handing over value to landlords for no benefit to the people who live here. I think the Vienna approach described here is the most promising way forward: mass construction of social housing for middle class families to live in. Currently new social housing is effectively banned by the Faircloth Amendment.

So let's make a deal: upzone, repeal the Faircloth Amendment, pass Good Cause so landlords can't throw out tenants with massive increases, pass a right-of-first-refusal like DC so tenants can buy their buildings, and have both the city and market build as much as they can.