New York City's pace of housing construction has slowed to a trickle, despite a severe affordability crisis.
Manhattan's borough president has identified about 200 sites where he says the city could build housing.
We have to fix this," Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine said in a tweet.
The city approved 2,525 new units citywide and 1,208 in Manhattan in July 2013.
A big portion of the opposition to the legislation came from suburban areas around New York City that didn't want to see more density in their communities.
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