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Advocates press City Council to unlock Land Bank lots and avoid 'councilmatic prerogative' bottlenecks
Summary
Public commenters urged the council to accelerate reuse of Land Bank properties for affordable housing and warned that the informal practice called 'councilmatic prerogative' should not block redevelopment. Council adopted a Land Bank conveyance resolution during the same session.
Speakers during public comment urged quicker reuse of vacant Land Bank properties and criticized a local practice known as "councilmatic prerogative" as an extralegal barrier to projects meant to expand affordable housing.
Jeremy Blatstein told council that "councilmatic prerogative is a fabricated concept" and cautioned against letting an unwritten tradition…
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