Javascript is disabled in your web browser.For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Please Allow Javascript and reload this page.(iStock)More than half a century ago, New York officials created an agency aimed at ensuring zoning policies throughout the state discouraged segregation. But within a few years, the agency, the Urban Development Corp., was stripped of most of its authority to interfere in residential zoning decisions.Not much has changed since.“The result is a state with fewer homes, more expensive rents, and starker segregation than it would...…Javascript is disabled in your web browser.For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Please Allow Javascript and reload this page.(iStock)More than half a century ago, New York officials created an agency aimed at ensuring zoning policies throughout the state discouraged segregation. But within a few years, the agency, the Urban Development Corp., was stripped of most of its authority to interfere in residential zoning decisions.Not much has changed since.“The result is a state with fewer homes, more expensive rents, and starker segregation than it would...WW…