please welcome bob brain meyer, executive director of the oak park regional housing center and maria torres springerssioner of new york city's department of housing and preservation and development. back to lead the conversation, the atlantic chilean white. [applause] >> buspar able to talk about the birds eye view and also we've had personal stories. i want you to discuss a little bit about your role in thinking about her housing and implementing that in your cities. >> good morning everyone. i'm the commissioner of new york city department of housing preservation department and i work is to advance the housing. in new york where he had set ambitious goals to build and preserve affordable housing. it's about 300,000 homes through 2026. the work we do together with many different sister agencies reflect in many ways what the story is of new york and on one hand it's a story that seems to be one of growth, all-time published high, all-time high in terms of job is to be a city that has an embarrassment of riches in terms of cultural institutions et cetera but it's also a story of too many inequities.

please welcome rob breymaier, executive director of the oak park regional housing center and maria torres-springerissioner of new york city's division of housing preservation and development. back to lead the conversation, "the atlantic"'s gillian white. >> thus far we've been able to talk about the fair housing act at bird's-eye view. we had personal stories. i want you to talk about your role in thinking about fair housing, implementing that in your cities? >> you want to start? >> sure. good morning everyone, i'm commissioner of the new york city housing preservation and development. our work is to advance the housing plan in new york where we set really ambitious goals to build and preserve affordable housing. it is about 300,000 homes through 2026. really the work that we do in the agency, together with many different sister agencies reflects in many ways what the story is of new york and so on one hand, it's a story, that continues to be one of growth, all time population high. all-time high in terms of jobs, continues to be a city that has an embarassment of riches in terms of cultural inst