As Gov. Hochul - backed by Mayor 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.
The law's protectors, like Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal - who's sitting pretty in an inherited rent-stabilized Upper West Side apartment - and state Sen. Liz Krueger, justify their absurd position by trying to stoke fears about overdevelopment damaging neighborhood character.
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