Vicki Been
Vicki Been is the Weinfeld Professor of Law at NYU School of Law and one of the faculty directors of NYU’s Furman Center. She served as NYC’s deputy mayor of housing and economic development from 2019 through 2021, and as commissioner of the city’s Housing Preservation and Development agency from 2014 to 2017.
Contributions
Who's Afraid of a Little More Housing Density?
New York can produce many more homes without radically changing neighborhoods
Six Ideas for Improving Affordability in New York
A new vision for postpandemic housing policy
Mamdani’s Affordability Dilemma: The Challenge of Making New York City Housing Less Expensive
He has limited tools to make good on his central promise, but can make a dent using the ones he has.