Overview
- The city launched the Land Inventory Fast Track (LIFT) Tracker on Thursday, showing more than 100 city-owned sites that the administration says equal roughly 50,000 planned housing units.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani pledged to issue at least five requests for proposals for city-owned housing sites each year as part of his 'Block-by-Block' plan and the administration points to a five-year, $22 billion housing budget to support projects.
- Officials caution most entries are at very different development stages, many began under prior mayors, and the items on the map still need community engagement, land-use approvals and financing before construction can begin.
- The city plans to build on scarce public land by combining housing with public facilities and NYCHA sites, with examples including Sol on Park — 229 deeply affordable senior units with 80 reserved for current residents — and 113 apartments planned above a new Grand Concourse library.
- To shorten pre-construction timelines the administration is using procedural reforms such as an Expedited Land Use Review Procedure and the Neighborhood Builders Fast Track, and officials say less than 2 percent of city-owned property is truly vacant so agency coordination will be critical to delivery.