Affordable housing in one of NYC’s most expensive neighborhoods becomes litmus test in competitive congressional race

A rendering of Five World Trade Center at 130 Liberty Street in Lower Manhattan.

So far, five of the leading contenders — former Mayor Bill de Blasio, Daniel Goldman, Rep. Mondaire Jones, and Assemblymembers Yuh-Line Niou and Jo Anne Simon — pledged to secure federal funding for the project. [ more › ]