Welcome Sideya Sherman, our next Director and Chair of the City Planning Commission!
With deep experience advancing equity and opportunity, she will bring a strong commitment to expanding housing affordability and helping New Yorkers thrive across our city's neighborhoods.
We’re also delighted that Edith Hsu-Chen will continue as our Executive Director. Edith has helped lead major zoning reforms and brings deep expertise and steady leadership to the work ahead.
Full SPEED ahead!
We joined @nycmayor , @dmleilabozorg , @dmjuliakerson and our partners in government to announce major reforms that will help deliver affordable housing at the pace the housing crisis demands.
Together, this will reduce project timelines by as much as two years!
We’re getting rid of the hurdles that are delaying the affordable housing New Yorkers need!
Today, @NYCMayor announced major SPEED reforms to get projects approved, permitted and occupied up to two years faster.
Tomorrow will be a busy day at the City Planning Commission!
The Commission will vote on projects in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island that would create 2,600+ new homes, including hundreds of affordable ones.
Join + participate at 10am Wednesday at the link in bio!
New homes are coming soon thanks to the Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan!
Permits were just filed to turn an underused building into 82 homes on Dean St, including permanently affordable homes.
Join us for a virtual briefing on NYC’s Housing Growth Strategy.
📅 May 6
🕐 1:00 PM or 5:30 PM (check our story for links to register)
We’ll walk through how the City is planning to tackle rising housing costs and expand housing choice, and how you can be part of the conversation.
This work focuses on three key questions:
• How much new housing does NYC need?
• Where should we build it?
• How can we overcome barriers to building housing equitably?
Right now, we’re not building enough housing to meet the needs of a growing city. While some neighborhoods have added homes, overall production hasn’t kept pace which is contributing to rising costs and fewer options for renters.
The Housing Growth Strategy will provide a framework to help communities and policymakers work together to address these challenges. A Q&A will follow the presentation.
The Housing Growth Strategy is a collaboration between HPD and the NYC Department of City Planning.
#nychousing #affordablehousing #urbanplanning #nyc #housing
🎨: Ayan Rahman, HPD Digital Specialist
NYC has 520 miles of waterfront — that’s more than Miami, Boston and San Francisco combined!
Celebrate in May at FREE events in all 5 boroughs:
🌳 See waterfront parks
🛶 Explore biodiversity on the water
⚡️ Learn how wind becomes electricity
⛴️ Go behind-the-scenes with NYC Ferry
RSVP at the link in our bio!
The East New York Neighborhood plan turns 10!
Over the past decade, the plan has been delivering housing ahead of schedule and meeting its promises:
✅ 6,000 new homes, including 3,700 affordable
✅ Full overhaul of Atlantic Ave
✅ PS 938/MS 935 + upgrades at 46 schools
✅ Parks renovated and expanded
Transit-oriented development for Forest Hills!
Join today's City Planning Commission review session at 1 pm to learn about a project that would create nearly 60 new homes in Queens near the E, F, M and R trains.
Join at the link in bio!
Congratulations to our general counsel Alec Schierenbeck, Richard Buery and all the members of the 2025 Charter Revision Commission for the well-deserved @chpcny Housing Impact Award!
In November, New York City voters overwhelmingly approved Charter Commission’s proposals to acclerate affordable housing production across the five boroughs.
In Alec’s words:
“Their votes send a message about the enormity of our housing crisis. And, more deeply, about New Yorkers desire for a government that can act with the urgency and scale that our challenges require.
“New Yorkers have given the City new tools. But tools don’t use themselves. Now it’s up to City leaders to shape what they mean...and translate demands at the ballot box into action.”
