Many of the reforms are overdue no-brainers that nonetheless will take some brains to push through. The ridiculous parking minimums now in place for new buildings, requiring underground spaces that (the city says) cost developers up to $67,500 per spot, would be tossed out. (Almost no one, from right-wing free-market types to lefty car haters, thinks they’re a good idea.) He’s proposing that we loosen zoning restrictions on development around transit corridors, which would, for example, allow big apartment buildings to go up near the trailing outboard ends of subway lines, thus funneling residents into town more readily. We’ll get taller buildings atop one-story retail strips — these would make a big difference in a lot of low-rise outer-borough neighborhoods — and developers will be able to build more bulk in many places if they add affordable apartments. Several changes to the code would also enable more conversion of office buildings into apartments, which (given the changed dynamics of work since 2020) will surely have to happen one way or another. And we’re in line for more ADUs, those little backyard buildings often used to house grandparents or tenants, which would revolutionize life in Queens.