Executive Summary This report, Housing Manhattanites, seeks to answer a critical question: Where in our borough can we build the housing that Manhattanites so desperately need? The Housing Emergency The unmet need for...
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GET STUFF BUILT: A REPORT OF THE BUILDING AND LAND USE APPROVAL STREAMLINING TASKFORCE (NYC GOV)
“Build Faster” With 100+ Concrete Reforms to Accelerate New Construction Approval Process by Half “Build Everywhere” With Vision for 6,000 New Homes in Bronx, Ambitious Plan to Add Housing in All...
Your Guide to NYC Affordable Housing
Here in New York City, we spend a lot of time talking about how unaffordable everything is (That cocktail is $20? You pay $3,000 a month to live in 300 square feet?), but the truth is that there’s an entire governmental...
What is an Environmental Impact Statement?
Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) can be described as executive summaries of the environmental (both to the physical land and to the societal environment) effects that a proposed development project will have on its...
Everything you need to know about rezoning in NYC
There’s so much news out there about different New York City neighborhoods being rezoned. Most people may understand that this means, very simply put, that more buildings will get constructed in said neighborhood. But...
What is a Building Identification Number?
A Building Identification Number (BIN) is a unique identifier for each NYC building. The Department of City Planning assigns Building Identification Numbers, though the Department of Buildings may do so as well. The DOB...
