Open New York

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Grassroots nonprofit fighting for more homes for all New Yorkers

Tweet from @NYCPlanning: 1,000+ new homes are coming to Gowanus! The City Planning Commission today approved bulk + design modifications to enable 175 Third St. — a project with 270 affordable homes, commercial space and public open space along the Gowanus Canal.
Be honest… does ANYONE actually use these words in real life? 🤣 Bamboozled Flabbergasted Discombobulated Shenanigans Cattywampus Lollygag Malarkey Kerfuffle Brouhaha Nincompoop Skedaddle Tomfoolery Flibbertigibbet Pumpernickel
Tweet from Ben Furnas: Gowanus canal vision board Quote tweet of: Maxime Visticot Translated from French: The arrival of fine weather at the Canal Saint-Martin through my film reel 🎞️ 4 images of a canal and buildings around it from Paris
Picture of an empty lot in Crown Heights, with the Franklin Ave S train tracks on the left, and two MTA trucks parked.
Satellite image - A property bound by Atlantic Ave, Pacific Street, and the Franklin Ave Shuttle.
Google maps image of a parking lot in Crown Heights
Housing Across NYC Green - Built between 1920 - 1933 Red - Built between 2010 - Present The map is overwhelmingly green. Bits of red on the west side of Manhattan and the Brooklyn waterfront. Lots of green in Southern Brooklyn, Western and Eastern Queens, upper Manhattan, and the Bronx.
New Housing Units Completed in New York City, 1921-2023 All housing types, five boroughs. Shaded region indicates estimated period (1945-64) interpolated from Census decennial counts. Graph shows a huge peak in the 1920s (70-110k units/year), and lower numbers in the succeeding decades (mostly 10-25k units/year)
Jay Parsons @jayparsons · Mar 23 Renters relocating from California prefer Texas and Nevada. Renters relocating from New York prefer Florida and New Jersey. Interesting data from Apartment List.
96-00 GENERAL PURPOSES LAST AMENDED 1/19/2005 The "Special Clinton District" (hereinafter also referred to as the "Special District"), established in this Resolution, is designed to promote and protect public health, safety, general welfare and amenity. Because of the unique geographical location of the Clinton community, situated between the waterfront on the west and a growing central business district on the east, it is necessary to provide specific programs and regulations which will assure realization of community and citywide goals. These goals include, among others, the following: (a) to preserve and strengthen the residential character of the community; (b) to permit rehabilitation and new construction within the area in character with the existing scale of the community and at rental levels which will not substantially alter the mixture of income groups currently residing in the area; (c) to preserve the small-scale character and variety of existing stores and activities and to control new commercial uses in conformity with the existing character of the area; (d) to recognize the unique character of the eastern edge of the District as an integral part of the Theater Subdistrict within the Special Midtown District as well as the Special Clinton District; (e) to provide an appropriate transition from the mixed-use character along Eighth Avenue to the lower-scale residential character of the Clinton community on the narrow streets; (f) to relate the unique character of the 42nd Street Perimeter Area to the adjacent Special Hudson Yards District; (g) to provide amenities, such as street trees, to improve the physical environment; (h) to restrict demolition of buildings that are suitable for rehabilitation and continued residential use; and (i) to promote the most desirable use of land in the area and thus to conserve the value of land and buildings, and thereby protect the City's tax revenues, consistent with the foregoing purposes.
Map pointing to the Special Clinton District covering Hell's Kitchen
SHARED HOUSING (including private and shared spaces) Shared housing consists of two or more independently occupied rooms that share living facilities, like bathrooms and kitchens. This example looks similar to an apartment, but the tenants in each rooming unit hold individual leases and have locks on their doors. This is one of many possible layouts for shared housing.
Tweet from Ellen Pasternack @pastasnack_e - Mar 21 Lots of people's social & romantic lives could be vastly improved if it was normal for young adults to live in college dorm-style accommodation in city centres until they were ready to set up home properly. Why doesn't this exist? I think there would be a market for it!
A three-story apartment building
Forest with a red property line
Black and white satellite photo of forest
Map of Hamilton County in NY
Graph: Rural counties lead New York in single-family construction Average annual SFH permits per 1,000 residents 4 of the top 10 SFH-building counties are in the North Country 8 of the top 10 are in the bottom third of population density Hamilton 8.30 Sullivan 4.15 Essex 3.40 Lewis 3.26 Schuyler 3.13 Saratoga 3.10 Yates Ontario 2.72 2.57 Warren 2.25 Franklin 1.98
Chart: Outside NYC, single-family dominates new construction Annual permitted housing units per 1,000 residents The North Country leads, with an overwhelming share of single-family units
Map of Predicted Change in Representation -4 for CA, -2 for IL, -2 for NY, -1 for RI, OR, WI, MN +4 for TX, +4 for FL, +1 for GA, NC, UT, ID, AZ
Every region, every background, every side of the aisle New Yorkers agree we need affordable, livable homes across the state.
76% of voters agree: It's time we cut the red tape and get New Yorkers the affordable homes they deserve.
"New York City's housing shortage is inextricably linked with its history of exclusionary zoning, and solving one means confronting the other," said Annemarie Gray, Executive Director of Open New York. "Sideya Sherman brings a deep understanding of the connection between racial equity and fair housing, making her an exciting leader for this moment. Recent charter changes, overwhelmingly approved by voters last November, give the city new tools to approve more homes faster. Under Chair Sherman, DCP and the Commission can use these tools to allow more housing in every neighborhood, ensuring that no New Yorker is forced from their community—or their city—by the high cost of housing." —Annemarie Gray Executive Director of Open New York
CM Elsie Encarnacion speaks at a press conference alongside Annemarie Gray, DM Leila Bozorg, and Edith Hsu-Chen.
Valentine with the text "what if we kissed in front of the community board meeting"
Annemarie Gray stands at a lectern alongside Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Gov Kathy Hochul, and more
Rev. Dustin Longmire speaks in the state Capitol in Albany
Shams DaBaron speaks in Albany
State Sen. Brian Kavanagh speaks in front of a rally
Advocates standing on the steps in Albany with Andrew Gounardes speaking in front
Text: Costly delays are pricing NYers out. It's time to pass SEQRA reform and Unlock NY's Future.
Each year of SEQRA delay can add 5% to project costs (up to 25% by year five)— and New Yorkers pay the price Source: Citizens Budget Commission
Top left logo: Unlock NY's Future Text: SEQRA CAN ADD UP TO $82,000 PER HOME Image of a house with money falling on it Source: Citizens Budget Commission