Work begins on an office building that will be converted into apartments in New York

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on screen to know howget a discount.Adriana: New York begins theoffice conversionshows what that plan is like. itWe invite you to look like a cell phoneto know about lottery ofliving place.berenice: the mayor ate theI was doing a tour in thisconstruction site than beforethey were offices, and that nowseán converted intoapartments.the question is how manyhomes ián for ourpeople, how many are there really?affordable.full throttle, theseworkers turn thisoffice building of 30floors in apartments.the mayor ensures that thehousing crisis is due tothat the city could notbuild affordable housingthat doing this conversion ofoffices that remainedunemployed after the pandemic,could create about 20,000it is estimated that theseapartments will be readyfor the fall of this year.seán 580 apartments.we are now in the29th floor of this building in wallstreet, where before onlythey heard the voices and soundof an office.now there will be apartments andpeople can socialize.the idea is that many moreoffice buildings do theover, that’s what they have this forplan to change lawsmake regulations more flexiblezoning.increase the arearesidential.the planning directorsaid the state should dochanges.>> them in changing the rulesfaster and they can do it inabout 4 months.berenice: how to do sothis makes sense tobuilding owners?>> we may offer incentivesto convert these buildingsin housing of social interest.berenice: when will it cost to liveaqí?a one room apartmentIt will start at $3000.so i asked the mayorhow many units of the projectthey were rented cheaplyrented at market cost.and there are our people, allLatinos helping to buildthis building. unfortunatelythere will be apartment ofaffordable housing. let’s hopethat we have next projectsto know about theseraffles, you can scan the ode