Anti-housing Dems want NYC to be an island of soulless skyscrapers

Thanks to Empire State progressives, New York City can’t even be New York City anymore. 

As Gov. Kathy Hochul — backed by Mayor Eric Adams — renews a 100% correct push to get state lawmakers to overhaul a 1961 law that vastly restricts the construction of new housing in the city, a Post investigation reveals that thanks to the law, a huge cluster of absolutely iconic Gotham structures built before its enactment could not exist in their current configurations.

These include the world-famous Eldorado on the Upper West Side, with its double towers overlooking Central Park; an East Side icon, 825 Fifth Avenue, would have to be some seven stories shorter. 

The ‘61 law — known as the 12 FAR cap — restricts the height of a building based on the area of its base.

It explains the prevalence of “pencil towers” in Midtown: ultra-tall, ultra-skinny buildings that serve as high-end homes for the very, very, very rich. 

Like the Steinway Tower on West 57th, which nudges the clouds at more than 1,400 feet tall and contains only 60 apartments.