This morning, I updated the BC Building Code with #MassTimber changes - effective immediately - that will:

✅Allow for 18 stories.
✅Allow for 9 stories without drywall.
✅Allow for different building structures - like schools and libraries.

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#CongestionPricing is finally approved for NYC! This is a historic day for our region.

We look forward to safer streets, cleaner air, and better transit once the plan goes into effect this summer. Congrats to all! 🎉

I teamed up with Clyde Vanel to talk about the impact of Empire AI.

If we want responsible AI, we need to be empowering university researchers doing AI Safety research and other fields for the public good.

cityandstateny.com/opinion/2024/0…

This is huge! The housing movement in New York is stronger than ever — so excited to see the left converging, and mission aligned pols rewarded for standing up for housing production.

I’m with Cara Eckholm on this.

nytimes.com/2024/02/07/opi…

If trying to legalize Long Island Bar is wrong, I don’t want to be right

Had a great time at the National Geographic New York City explorers event. Fun fact: Nat Geo funds urbanism projects and was the first supporter of my work (when I was 22!). Excited to see Nat Geo expands its presence in the New York region (starting in my neighborhood DUMBO Improvement District)