>Gauthier put out a statement saying that she was somewhat disappointed that's what it took to build more housing

But that's "what it took" because she didn't back the housing! If she told the developer to ignore the NIMBYs that show up to literally everything (to complain about parking) then they could have done that, but she didn't. And in other instances like 48th and Chester (the "poop" building) she explicitly asked the ZBA to deny a variance for affordable apartments so the developers would build luxury townhomes instead.

I do agree that she's been fairly good on non housing issues