Open New York
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Grassroots nonprofit fighting for more homes for all New Yorkers
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That’s my mayor!
January 19, 2026 at 10:05 PM
That’s my mayor!
“Even to build 83 units has taken so much struggle. That should not be so hard. This is an example of the scale of progress that was held up… We want to build as much as possible across this city, for those who call this city home and those who would love to.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
We’re here in the Bronx alongside @NYCMayor and more to celebrate the resumption of the Just Home project, which will create 70 affordable homes with services for formerly-incarcerated New Yorkers.
This long-overdue project is an act of compassion for our fellow New Yorkers.
This long-overdue project is an act of compassion for our fellow New Yorkers.
January 19, 2026 at 10:03 PM
“Even to build 83 units has taken so much struggle. That should not be so hard. This is an example of the scale of progress that was held up… We want to build as much as possible across this city, for those who call this city home and those who would love to.” @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
We’re here in the Bronx alongside @NYCMayor and more to celebrate the resumption of the Just Home project, which will create 70 affordable homes with services for formerly-incarcerated New Yorkers.
This long-overdue project is an act of compassion for our fellow New Yorkers.
This long-overdue project is an act of compassion for our fellow New Yorkers.
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
We’re here in the Bronx alongside @NYCMayor and more to celebrate the resumption of the Just Home project, which will create 70 affordable homes with services for formerly-incarcerated New Yorkers.
This long-overdue project is an act of compassion for our fellow New Yorkers.
This long-overdue project is an act of compassion for our fellow New Yorkers.
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Really great that Mayor Mamdani is rightly tackling regulatory barriers to housing
You probably don't know what SEQRA is - but you should know that it's slowing down the housing that we need. Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg is here to explain why reforming it is key to cutting red tape and building more housing.
January 15, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Really great that Mayor Mamdani is rightly tackling regulatory barriers to housing
Excellent video from our new Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning!
You probably don't know what SEQRA is - but you should know that it's slowing down the housing that we need. Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg is here to explain why reforming it is key to cutting red tape and building more housing.
January 15, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Excellent video from our new Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning!
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You probably don't know what SEQRA is - but you should know that it's slowing down the housing that we need. Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg is here to explain why reforming it is key to cutting red tape and building more housing.
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 PM
You probably don't know what SEQRA is - but you should know that it's slowing down the housing that we need. Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg is here to explain why reforming it is key to cutting red tape and building more housing.
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Total left-YIMBY victory
@ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social calls for modernizing environmental review “to deliver an affordability agenda on the timetable needed.”
“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Total left-YIMBY victory
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this is the good stuff. environmental review for urban apartments should be abolished, just like it was in california.
January 14, 2026 at 3:35 AM
this is the good stuff. environmental review for urban apartments should be abolished, just like it was in california.
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Left-YIMBYism ascendant (now if we can get him to do single-stair and crane reform)
@ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social calls for modernizing environmental review “to deliver an affordability agenda on the timetable needed.”
“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
January 14, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Left-YIMBYism ascendant (now if we can get him to do single-stair and crane reform)
@ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social calls for modernizing environmental review “to deliver an affordability agenda on the timetable needed.”
“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
January 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
@ZohranKMamdani.bsky.social calls for modernizing environmental review “to deliver an affordability agenda on the timetable needed.”
“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
“We cannot address our housing crisis without making it easier to build in NYC.”
@governor.ny.gov calls to reform SEQRA environmental reviews: “Right now they slow down the very projects that help us fight climate change, create housing, and strengthen our communities.”
It’s time to end those delays and deliver for New Yorkers.
It’s time to end those delays and deliver for New Yorkers.
January 13, 2026 at 8:36 PM
@governor.ny.gov calls to reform SEQRA environmental reviews: “Right now they slow down the very projects that help us fight climate change, create housing, and strengthen our communities.”
It’s time to end those delays and deliver for New Yorkers.
It’s time to end those delays and deliver for New Yorkers.
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"When we see SEQR weaponized to the point that it blocks affordable housing with no apparent environmental benefit, I think true advocates for nature have the responsibility to make things right," said Roger Downs, conservation director for the Sierra Club's Atlantic chapter.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
"When we see SEQR weaponized to the point that it blocks affordable housing with no apparent environmental benefit, I think true advocates for nature have the responsibility to make things right," said Roger Downs, conservation director for the Sierra Club's Atlantic chapter.
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Great to see the state is looking to take big steps toward making it easier to build in New York. Thank you to people like @governor.ny.gov and @srachelmay.bsky.social for pushing for things like this
🚨 NEW: New York State is modernizing its environmental review process to ensure that infill housing, clean energy, and climate resiliency infrastructure doesn’t get blocked by endless lawsuits and delays.
January 13, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Great to see the state is looking to take big steps toward making it easier to build in New York. Thank you to people like @governor.ny.gov and @srachelmay.bsky.social for pushing for things like this
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🚨 NEW: New York State is modernizing its environmental review process to ensure that infill housing, clean energy, and climate resiliency infrastructure doesn’t get blocked by endless lawsuits and delays.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
🚨 NEW: New York State is modernizing its environmental review process to ensure that infill housing, clean energy, and climate resiliency infrastructure doesn’t get blocked by endless lawsuits and delays.
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Good.
🚨 NEW: New York State is modernizing its environmental review process to ensure that infill housing, clean energy, and climate resiliency infrastructure doesn’t get blocked by endless lawsuits and delays.
January 13, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Good.
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When projects spend 5 years being delayed by paperwork, people lose faith in government.
This is about restoring faith that government can do big things.
This is about restoring faith that government can do big things.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
When projects spend 5 years being delayed by paperwork, people lose faith in government.
This is about restoring faith that government can do big things.
This is about restoring faith that government can do big things.
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When the law passed in 1975, SEQRA rightly targeted dirty coal power plants and highways that bulldozed through neighborhoods.
But today, it's being used to block the solutions to our climate crisis: dense, transit-oriented housing, clean energy, and clean water infrastructure.
But today, it's being used to block the solutions to our climate crisis: dense, transit-oriented housing, clean energy, and clean water infrastructure.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
When the law passed in 1975, SEQRA rightly targeted dirty coal power plants and highways that bulldozed through neighborhoods.
But today, it's being used to block the solutions to our climate crisis: dense, transit-oriented housing, clean energy, and clean water infrastructure.
But today, it's being used to block the solutions to our climate crisis: dense, transit-oriented housing, clean energy, and clean water infrastructure.
🚨 NEW: New York State is modernizing its environmental review process to ensure that infill housing, clean energy, and climate resiliency infrastructure doesn’t get blocked by endless lawsuits and delays.
January 13, 2026 at 2:43 AM
🚨 NEW: New York State is modernizing its environmental review process to ensure that infill housing, clean energy, and climate resiliency infrastructure doesn’t get blocked by endless lawsuits and delays.
The solution to high housing prices is to build more homes.
This will only make things worse.
This will only make things worse.
An EO that lets people tap their retirement savings to buy a home isn't about affordability. It does nothing to actual prices; it just encourages homebuyers to mortgage their futures so they can cover the currently inflated cost of a home. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump team drafting executive order on affordability
Trump’s stance on housing-price issues could scramble Democrats’ messaging heading into the 2026 midterm elections.
www.politico.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The solution to high housing prices is to build more homes.
This will only make things worse.
This will only make things worse.
Thank you to Dan Garodnick!!
Amid unprecedented political storms, Garodnick stayed focused on delivering more housing for New Yorkers and made @NYCPlanning.bsky.social the bright spot of the administration.
Amid unprecedented political storms, Garodnick stayed focused on delivering more housing for New Yorkers and made @NYCPlanning.bsky.social the bright spot of the administration.
NEW: Dan Garodnick told Mayor Mamdani that he will leave his role as head of the Department of City Planning "in the coming weeks," according to a staff email this morning
Garodnick led the "City of Yes" rezoning and five neighborhood rezonings in his tenure. Mamdani will appoint a new head planner
Garodnick led the "City of Yes" rezoning and five neighborhood rezonings in his tenure. Mamdani will appoint a new head planner
January 8, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Thank you to Dan Garodnick!!
Amid unprecedented political storms, Garodnick stayed focused on delivering more housing for New Yorkers and made @NYCPlanning.bsky.social the bright spot of the administration.
Amid unprecedented political storms, Garodnick stayed focused on delivering more housing for New Yorkers and made @NYCPlanning.bsky.social the bright spot of the administration.
Our Executive Director @AnnemarieGray spoke on 1010 WINS this morning on the landmarking of Victorian Flatbush
January 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Our Executive Director @AnnemarieGray spoke on 1010 WINS this morning on the landmarking of Victorian Flatbush
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Between 2010 and 2022, Jersey City built 26,000 new homes, expanding their housing stock by 24%.
If NYC built housing at the same rate, that would mean over 900,000 new homes. That's the scale of action necessary to end our housing shortage.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/n...
If NYC built housing at the same rate, that would mean over 900,000 new homes. That's the scale of action necessary to end our housing shortage.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/n...
A Housing Boom Transformed This City. Mamdani Is Taking Notes.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Between 2010 and 2022, Jersey City built 26,000 new homes, expanding their housing stock by 24%.
If NYC built housing at the same rate, that would mean over 900,000 new homes. That's the scale of action necessary to end our housing shortage.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/n...
If NYC built housing at the same rate, that would mean over 900,000 new homes. That's the scale of action necessary to end our housing shortage.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/n...
Since 2010, Jersey City has been building 4x as much housing as NYC.
The result? Rents stopped rising—and now they may be falling.
New York City could do the same, says
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
The result? Rents stopped rising—and now they may be falling.
New York City could do the same, says
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Since 2010, Jersey City has been building 4x as much housing as NYC.
The result? Rents stopped rising—and now they may be falling.
New York City could do the same, says
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
The result? Rents stopped rising—and now they may be falling.
New York City could do the same, says
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Biden CEA chair Jared Bernstein on his + @americanprogress.bsky.social's new plan to bring down housing costs: "The government needs to boost the supply of affordable housing, fast."
January 6, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Biden CEA chair Jared Bernstein on his + @americanprogress.bsky.social's new plan to bring down housing costs: "The government needs to boost the supply of affordable housing, fast."
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Thanks to all the Open New York members who joined!!
January 5, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Thanks to all the Open New York members who joined!!