[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Monday. Weather: Watch out for showers and thunderstorms. High around 70.
Alternate-side parking: In effect until Saturday (Juneteenth). When Bill de Blasio ran for mayor in 2013, he made addressing New York’s affordable-housing shortage a central part of his campaign.
More than seven years later, despite significant investments under Mr. de Blasio, the Democratic candidates vying to succeed him confront a problem that may have worsened during the pandemic. “The housing crisis facing the next mayor is really one of unprecedented proportions,” said Rachel Fee, executive director of the New York Housing Conference, a policy and advocacy nonprofit.