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Mayor Adams Unveils “Manhattan Plan” to Build 100,000 New Homes in Manhattan Over the Next Decade
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Dan Garodnick released the “Manhattan Plan,” a borough-wide housing blueprint aimed at easing Manhattan’s severe housing shortage by adding 100,000 new homes over the next 10 years. Shaped by an extensive public engagement effort that generated more than 2,500 ideas, the plan focuses on building more housing near transit and job centers, enabling growth in areas that currently limit new development, redeveloping city- and government-owned sites, accelerating office-to-residential conversions, and streamlining regulations to cut red tape and speed delivery. The administration points to early momentum through actions such as the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan (nearly 10,000 homes), the planned transformation of 100 Gold Street into a mixed-use tower with 3,700 apartments (at least 25% permanently affordable), and zoning changes to create nearly 700 homes above a future Second Avenue Subway station in East Harlem—framing the initiative as part of broader citywide efforts to expand housing supply and improve affordability.
Most Pro-Housing Administration in City History: Mayor Adams, City Planning Release “Manhattan Plan,” Ambitious Proposal to Build 100,000 New Homes in the Borough Over Next Decade
NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of City Planning (DCP) Director Dan Garodnick today released the “Manhattan Plan,” a bold blueprint to tackle Manhattan’s deep housing shortage by adding 100,000 new homes to the borough over the next decade. After an extensive public engagement process that collected more than 2,500 ideas for where and how to create new housing in Manhattan, the plan lays out key strategies for creating new housing in Manhattan, including adding more homes close to transit and in areas that restrict new housing, redeveloping city-owned sites, facilitating office-to-residential conversions, implementing regulatory improvements, and more. Since unveiling the Manhattan Plan in his State of the City address earlier this year, the Adams administration has already advanced several initiatives to create more housing in the borough, including passing the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan to build nearly 10,000 more homes in the heart of Manhattan, the redevelopment of city-owned sites like 100 Gold Street in Lower Manhattan, and individual applications for zoning changes like the creation of nearly 700 homes above a future Second Avenue Subway station in East Harlem.
“For too long, the cost of living in Manhattan has gone up, working-class families have gone away, and our city’s housing crisis has grown more severe. Our administration promised to change that, advancing bold plans to bring thousands of new homes to the borough and make sure that Manhattan is still a place you can live and raise a family,” said Mayor Adams. “We passed the first citywide rezoning in six decades, landed the plane on our Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan, and with today’s announcement, are putting forward our ambitious ‘Manhattan Plan’ to bring 100,000 new homes to the borough. With the innovative ideas laid out here, we will help create the homes that Manhattan needs, deliver the more affordable future that all New Yorkers deserve, and reinforce, once again, our position as the most pro-housing administration in city history.”
“Between our five neighborhood plans, City of Yes, and now a first borough-wide plan, we have cemented our legacy as the most pro-housing administration in our city’s history.” said Deputy Mayor for Housing, Economic Development, and Workforce Adolfo Carrión, Jr. “I am very pleased to lay out this roadmap to unlock more housing in our most job- and transit-rich borough. I thank the visionary team at the Department of City Planning and Director Garodnick for their leadership in making Manhattan more accessible and affordable.”
“For generations, Manhattan was the place where people of all backgrounds could start their life’s journey and find new opportunities. This important plan lays out how it can fulfill that role once again,” said DCP Director Garodnick. “By embracing the ambitious, transformative ideas outlined in this framework, we can ensure that many more New Yorkers can live, work, and follow their dreams in a more affordable, welcoming, and vibrant Manhattan.”
Manhattan’s unparalleled job market, transit access, and walkability helped make the borough a site of enormous opportunity through the 20th century and drove a housing boom that unlocked all the island had to offer for millions of New Yorkers. But Manhattan’s housing production has dropped sharply when compared to the previous century. Today, Manhattan produces less housing than every other borough except for Staten Island; income-restricted affordable housing is also in extremely short supply.
Due to the lack of housing options, today, almost half of Manhattanites are rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent, and about a quarter are severely rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than half of their income on rent. The Manhattan Plan looks to address this severe housing shortage through a set of strategies to help create 100,000 new homes over the next decade. Delivering these additional homes will allow more New Yorkers of all income levels to live near transit, jobs, schools, parks, and cultural resources — reaffirming Manhattan’s historic role as a place of opportunity. Ultimately, new housing will deliver a win-win-win: giving New Yorkers more affordable places to live, workers more opportunities to connect with nearby jobs, and small businesses more foot traffic.
The Manhattan Plan was developed through extensive public input gathered through pop-up events in every community district in the borough, online engagement, briefings, interviews, and focus groups held in English, Spanish, and Chinese. More than 2,500 ideas on where and how to bring new housing to Manhattan were generated from this public input process, including over 900 responses to the website survey and over 1,000 contributions to an interactive map.
The Manhattan Plan is built around six key themes that reflect the many ideas received for where and how the city can increase the borough’s housing supply:
- Housing near transportation and job centers: To take advantage of the borough’s role as the nation’s largest job center and one of its most significant transit hubs, the plan suggests bolstering housing opportunities near both resources, such as the recently-approved 125th Street and Lexington Avenue Project by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which will use “City of Yes’” new, high-density R11 zoning district to generate nearly 700 new homes, including around 170 permanently-affordable, income-restricted homes.
- Housing in areas with greater housing potential or low housing production: While much of Manhattan permits new housing, many mid-density areas have the capacity for additional housing and affordable housing through land use changes. There are also opportunities to map the city’s high-density R11 and R12 zoning districts, a key component of City of Yes that could create permanently affordable homes in some of the densest parts of the borough.
- Housing on city- or government-owned sites: The Manhattan Plan describes ideas for the increased use of government-owned sites for new housing, either as standalone developments or mixed-use projects with resources like schools or libraries on the ground floor. This work is already underway through projects like 100 Gold Street, an office building with several city agencies that will be transformed into a mixed-use tower with 3,700 apartments, at least a quarter of them permanently affordable.
- Housing on private sites: Although much of Manhattan is developed, there are opportunities for new housing on remaining vacant or underutilized private sites, such as those that are currently home to automotive uses, self-storage, parking lots, and more. The city will explore how to best incentivize the redevelopment of these sites for new housing, including through office-to-residential conversions.
- Improving the development process and regulatory environment: The Manhattan Plan explores ways to lessen regulatory barriers, cut red tape, get shovels in the ground, and help New Yorkers move into new homes faster. This work could include streamlined city agency processes, expedited financing, expanded funding streams, and other reforms.
- Expanding development models and building methods: From Housing Development Fund Corporation cooperatives to Mitchell-Lamas to Community Land Trusts, New York City has a long history of creative housing ownership and management models. This plan suggests ideas for expanding alternative ownership and development models for new housing.
When Mayor Adams came into office, he promised to turn the page on decades of dysfunction, make real progress against New York City’s long-standing housing crisis, and create 500,000 units of housing by 2032; four years later, he delivered, and the Adams administration is well on the way to that goal by creating, preserving, or planning over 433,000 homes through its efforts to date.
Thanks to decisive strategies to build more housing — including cutting red tape to speed up construction of new developments and investing a historic $26 billion towards affordable housing through the city’s 10-Year Capital Plan in Fiscal Year 2025 — the Adams administration has produced nearly 86,000 affordable homes, with the last three fiscal years representing the most new affordable homes ever created in a three fiscal-year stretch (Fiscal Year 2023 – Fiscal Year 2025).
The Adams administration also passed landmark changes to overhaul the city’s outdated zoning code and spark the creation of new housing. In December 2024, Mayor Adams passed “City of Yes for Housing Opportunity” — the most pro-housing legislation in city history — to create over 80,000 new homes and invest $5 billion in housing and infrastructure. Additionally, Mayor Adams passed five neighborhood plans to create nearly 50,000 homes over the next 15 years in the Bronx Metro North neighborhood, Central Brooklyn, Midtown South in Manhattan, and Long Island City and Jamaica in Queens. The Adams administration’s rezoning efforts in less than four years alone are expected to create more new housing than the previous two mayoral administrations’ rezoning efforts in 20 years combined.
To build new housing everywhere, Mayor Adams advanced over 10,000 new homes on city-owned land through his historic Executive Order 43; secured a landmark housing deal in Albany to give the city new housing tools; and convened the first-ever Charter Revision Commission to focus specifically on housing and land use measures.
Additionally, the Adams administration put public housing first, helping to unlock nearly $5.5 billion in capital repairs for over 24,000 residents through the Permanent Affordability Commitment Together program and helping establish the Preservation Trust to repair, rehabilitate, and modernize 25,000 apartments under control of the New York City Housing Authority.
Moreover, the Adams administration has worked to connect New Yorkers to homes and keep New Yorkers in their homes, connecting a record number 30,000 New Yorkers with affordable homes through the city’s Housing Lottery.
December 22, 2025
Sources: NYC.gov , Midtown Tribune news
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Mayor Adams Delivers End of Term Update on Initiatives Created to Support Working Class New Yorkers (Video)
Mayor Eric Adams Time Capsule Ceremony: “Working-Class Mayor,” 4-Year Record, and a City Built on “Yes”
The video opens with a spoken-word/rap-style introduction framing Eric Adams as a “working-class New Yorker” who overcame dyslexia, rejection, and arrest to become elected.
The core message is personal resilience turned into public mission: stay focused, avoid distractions, and keep grinding—because investing in education prevents cycles of incarceration and harm.The speech then runs through a highlight reel of claimed administration results over the last four years: putting $30 billion back into New Yorkers’ pockets, reaching record highs in jobs and small businesses, reducing unemployment (including in Black and Brown communities), eliminating city income taxes for some working-class families, wiping out medical debt for low-income residents, expanding Pre-K/3K and after-school access, moving more people from homelessness into permanent housing, and improving public safety by removing illegal guns, reducing shootings, lowering transit crime, and cracking down on illegal scooters/ghost cars and illegal cannabis shops. It also emphasizes major housing initiatives, especially “City of Yes,” with large-scale rezonings and long-term housing creation/preservation targets.
The second half centers on a City Hall “time capsule” event where senior officials place symbolic objects into the capsule to represent policy priorities—operations, public safety technology (including drones), migrant/asylum response, affordability, health and human services, and communications. Adams closes by arguing that the record should be judged in totality, that “the numbers don’t lie,” and that the administration leaves a stronger foundation for the next chapter of New York City.
Sources: NYC.gov official video , Midtown Tribune News
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Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos talks future of NYC public schools | Inside City Hall
NY1 Interview: Schools Chancellor Melissa Avilés-Ramos on Staying Under Mayor-Elect Mamdani, Universal Child Care, and Closing NYC’s “Opportunity Gap”
In this NY1 segment, the host frames the looming transition at City Hall: Mayor-elect Alex Zoron Mamdani is expected to announce early appointments while also weighing whether to retain senior officials from the Adams administration. The focus then turns to NYC Schools Chancellor Melissa Avilés-Ramos, who signals she wants to remain in the role and says she has already met with the mayor-elect for what she describes as a wide-ranging conversation on education priorities.
Avilés-Ramos highlights a mix of safety, academic performance, and student support initiatives. She points to efforts aimed at boosting math and reading proficiency and emphasizes an initiative launched earlier in the year—“Every Child and Family is Known”—designed to better support students in temporary housing by strengthening connections to families and city resources. On universal child care, she draws a clear line between “daycare” and early childhood education and argues that community-based providers and caregivers should be supported and treated as educators who help prepare children for academic success from the earliest years.
On outcomes, she reframes the traditional “achievement gap” discussion as an “opportunity gap,” arguing that improved resources and consistent instructional supports drive score gains—citing noted growth among Black and Latino students even as proficiency rates remain under 50%. She credits standardized curriculum work under “NYC Reads” and “NYC Solves,” including a K-5 push to concentrate schools into one of three curricula to enable targeted, job-embedded coaching. The conversation also touches on compliance with the state class-size law, a proposal for paid apprenticeship-style pathways for new teachers, the impact of federal immigration enforcement on students and families (including “Project Open Arms”), and the rollout of cell-phone restrictions with flexible, school-by-school approaches. Avilés-Ramos closes by underscoring that she is “first and foremost a parent” in the system and wants to be an advocate for families.
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Mayor Eric Adams Hosts Hanukkah Celebration and Menorah Lighting
NYC City Hall Hanukkah Event: Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch, Deputy Mayor Fabian Levy, and Mayor Eric Adams Address Security and Rising Antisemitism
At a City Hall Hanukkah gathering, an emcee opens by identifying as a “loud and proud Jew” and recognizes multiple City Hall staff members before introducing NYPD Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch. Tisch thanks Mayor Eric Adams for his support of New York’s Jewish community and addresses the weekend terror attack in Australia, saying there is “no known nexus” to New York City and no specific credible threats tied to local Hanukkah events, but that the NYPD has increased security at menorah lightings and houses of worship across all five boroughs.
The program blends speeches and performances: a vocalist leads a crowd singalong of “Hallelujah” (with modified lyrics), and Council Member Gale Brewer offers brief remarks wishing a happy Hanukkah, calling the Sydney attack a “wakeup call,” thanking allies, and thanking the NYPD and Commissioner Tisch for keeping people safe. The event continues with music and additional acknowledgments of senior administration officials on stage.
Later, speakers pivot back to policy and public messaging. One official leads a prayer and references City Hall’s efforts to combat antisemitism, including executive actions described as adopting the IHRA definition of antisemitism and creating rules related to protests and city policy. Deputy Mayor Fabian Levy then delivers a longer address framing Hanukkah as a story of resilience and praising Mayor Adams for consistently standing with the Jewish community; Adams follows with a speech urging New Yorkers not to hide their Jewish identity out of fear and calling on allies to speak up. The program culminates in lighting a “Hanukkiah of hope,” described as made from fragments of missiles and tied with hostage-family ribbons, followed by blessings led by clergy and closing thanks to event sponsors.
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Week in Review | December 6 – December 12
NYC Weekly City Hall Recap: Citywide Translation Tech, $1B Coney Island Shoreline Plan, and 100 Gold Street Housing Conversion
This short City Hall–style recap frames the week as part of New York City’s “next chapter,” highlighting recent actions the administration says are aimed at improving day-to-day life for working-class New Yorkers. The narration positions the updates as proof the administration is “getting stuff done,” emphasizing operational changes and big capital commitments.
One major focus is language access: the city says it is rolling out language applications on all city-owned smart mobile devices and directing agencies to leverage translation technology. The stated goal is to improve communication with residents whose first language is one of the many languages spoken across the five boroughs.
The video also spotlights two large development and resiliency initiatives. First, it cites a $1 billion investment to renovate the Coney Island shoreline—reimagining the boardwalk, building flood-resilient infrastructure, upgrading public spaces, and adding 1,500 new homes. Second, it describes next steps in a housing initiative to convert the city-owned building at 100 Gold Street into a mixed-income residential project with 3,700 housing units (with at least 25% “permanently affordable”), plus 40,000 square feet of public space and new facilities for public use.
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New York Boosts Hospital Cybersecurity and Telehealth With $300M State Investment, Hochul Says
New York State is putting more than $300 million into hospital upgrades aimed at making care safer and more connected, Governor Kathy Hochul announced. The funding will support 22 projects statewide to improve health information technology, expand electronic medical records, strengthen cybersecurity to protect patient data, and grow telehealth services. State officials say the goal is to help hospitals—especially financially strained providers—modernize critical systems, reduce cyber risk, and make it easier for New Yorkers to access care remotely. The awards are part of New York’s broader push to improve hospital infrastructure and resilience across the state.
Governor Hochul Announces More Than $300 Million to Advance Health Information Technology and Cybersecurity in Hospitals Across New York State
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced more than $300 million in new state funding to support health care transformation projects across New York. The awards, made through the Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program IV and V, will support 22 projects aimed at improving health information technology by expanding patient electronic medical records, strengthening cybersecurity and patient information security, and expanding telehealth services.
“By modernizing our hospitals’ IT infrastructure and protecting patients’ information, we’re strengthening the foundation of health care in New York State,” Governor Hochul said. “These investments will help ensure that hospitals have the tools they need to safeguard patient data, expand telehealth services and deliver a healthier future for all New Yorkers.”
New York State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. James McDonald said, “With these investments, we are focused on developing safe, reliable and connected patient-centered care. By expanding data capabilities and improving cybersecurity defenses, we’re enhancing clinical decision making across the state’s health care network.”
This funding prioritizes projects that:
- Support financially distressed providers;
- Modernize critical health information technology infrastructure;
- Strengthen cybersecurity and patient information security; and
- Expand telehealth services.
Awardees include hospitals in every region of the State.
A full list of awardees, project descriptions, and award amounts is available here. Funds are administered by the New York State Department of Health and the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY).
This investment builds on Governor Hochul’s continued efforts to strengthen New York’s health care delivery system. The Statewide Health Care Facility Transformation Program has awarded more than $1.75 billion to providers working to improve access, equity, and quality of care across New York. These awards are part of a broader, long-term commitment that has directed more than $4.7 billion in health care capital funding statewide since 2016.
Under Governor Hochul’s leadership, New York State enacted nation-leading cybersecurity regulations for hospitals, establishing a robust blueprint to protect critical systems and enhance the resilience of the state’s health care network against cyber threats.
Recently, the State made additional funding awards for 55 projects under Statewide IV, and additional projects under the Safety Net Transformation Program
December 12, 2025
Albany, NY
Sources: NY.gov , Big New York news BigNY.com
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Mayor Eric Adams Makes Housing- and Parks-Related Announcement
In Coney Island, Mayor Eric Adams announced a historic $1 billion investment to revitalize the iconic waterfront community, marking a major commitment in the final weeks of his administration. Reflecting on his early career as a transit police officer in the area, Adams highlighted Coney Island’s legacy as “America’s playground” while acknowledging past underinvestment. The plan includes constructing 1,500 new mixed-income homes (with 25% affordable), fully reconstructing the century-old Riegelmann Boardwalk, upgrading infrastructure such as streets and sewers, and renovating the Abe Stark Sports Center with a $42 million project to modernize its ice rink and facilities. Adams emphasized stabilizing life for residents, preventing displacement, and transforming the area into a year-round livable community rather than just a seasonal attraction.
Speakers, including Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue and EDC President Andrew Kimball, underscored the investment’s focus on climate resiliency amid rising sea levels and extreme weather. Detailed technical surveys have informed plans to rebuild the boardwalk from the ground up with storm-protective measures inspired by Superstorm Sandy, incorporating sustainable materials and elevated design for future flood protection. The project will proceed with extensive community engagement, with a request for proposals for design and construction expected in early 2026, followed by phased work to minimize disruption to beachgoers and businesses. Additional efforts include recent selections for nearby mixed-income housing and retail developments to support economic growth.
Community leaders and local officials praised the announcement as transformative, crediting Adams’ long-standing advocacy for Coney Island. Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny and others expressed gratitude, noting the mayor’s personal connection to the neighborhood and his administration’s record on affordable housing. During the Q&A, officials clarified that while no final decisions have been made on materials or exact timelines, the project will continue through the transition to the incoming administration, with potential adjustments at the new mayor’s discretion. The event concluded on a note of optimism for a more resilient, vibrant, and equitable Coney Island for generations to come.
