Housing will be a hot topic for the City Council this week with two hearings on Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” proposal.

The plan calls for sweeping changes to zoning policy to permit the construction of more apartments to ease the city housing shortage, but the Council said it needs to hear more testimony before it's ready to vote.

“In recent years, there are a handful of neighborhoods that have provided the vast majority of housing that's been built in their city,” said Howard Slatkin, executive director of the Citizens Housing & Planning Council, during an interview on “Mornings On 1” Monday.

“The basic idea behind the 'City of Yes' proposal is to kind of loosen the belt on everyone so that there can be a little bit more housing in medium-density neighborhoods and high-density neighborhoods, and also in low-density neighborhoods,” he said.

Slatkin is scheduled to testify before the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises later this week. On Tuesday, members of the public are invited to share their opinions.

Slatkin expects two main perspectives to dominate the hearings—those who deny the existence of a housing crisis and those who believe the city should take even more action.

“One is from people who say we don't have a problem, and I think that's just really, really hard to digest," he said. "We've been able to document how in low-density communities in New York City, we're building housing at a slower rate than any place we could find."

“And then, I think, the other side of this is people who say, ‘Well, how are we going to make sure that we're meeting all the needs? It's not just a matter of changing the zoning, we also have to do other things,’” he said. “And that's what I like to call the ‘City of Yes, And.’”