Blaz blasted after killing housing plan

Mayor de Blasio is “shamefully” leaving the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick vulnerable to the forces of gentrification, two city councilmen said Monday.

They were responding to Hizzoner’s rejection of a plan the pols had drafted with community members outlining new affordable housing in a way, they said, that would not drive out longtime residents.

“The mayor’s decision to walk away from Bushwick, continuing the cycle of government neglect the neighborhood has suffered under for the past 50 years, is shameful as it ignores the voice and will of a community,” Councilmen Rafael Espinal and Antonio Reynoso raged.

“We could have never imagined that Bushwick would receive a level of apathy from our local government reminiscent of the policies that left Bushwick to burn in the 1970s,” the Dems added.

Under a plan drafted by the pols and local activists, the city would oversee the development of 2,000 new units of affordable housing. The Department of City Planning is moving ahead with rezoning plans, paving the way for 1,873 affordable apartments — plus 3,740 market-rate units that residents view as harbingers of gentrification.

The mayor (inset) rejected the plan favored by Espinal and Reynoso on Friday, with Deputy Mayor Vicki Been stating it would “run counter to the city’s goals … to encourage new mixed-income housing to prevent displacement.”

The city’s plan is headed for a lengthy review process known as ULURP.

“We stand ready to continue conversations with the community and Council members about ways to invest in this community and ensure it gets the housing it needs,” de Blasio spokeswoman Jane Meyer said in a Monday statement.