New Yorkers Pass Ballot Measures Tackling City’s Housing Crunch (1)

New Yorkers squeezed by the city’s housing crunch voted in favor of several ballot measures aimed at accelerating development.

Three proposals involving New York City housing — fast-tracking affordable housing projects, expediting modest developments and creating an appeals board — were approved by voters on Tuesday night, according to vote tallies recorded by the Associated Press and the New York Times. Democratic frontrunner Zohran Mamdani said earlier in the day that he voted in favor of all three measures, after previously declining to reveal his position.

The city’s affordability crisis has dominated the election cycle, with Mamdani campaigning on his plans to ...