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treskro t1_j5jjcf3 wrote

Reply to comment by Sad-Principle3781 in Opinion: NYC’s residential floor area ratio cap must go by ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

In my experience as a residential architect, developers are absolutely trying to fit in as many units/floors/FAR as they are allowed by zoning.

That being said, I don’t think removing FAR caps is the solution. Even increasing FAR by 1 uniforming across the city can have a huge effect.

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ctindel t1_j5jm6qp wrote

Why bother, just get rid of the cap and let property owners build as tall as they want until we no longer have a housing crisis.

There’s a humanitarian problem caused by having too little of something necessary for human life but we’re going to have the government tell people it’s illegal to make more of it? Fucking dumb.

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