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NYC Voters Approve Housing Fast‑Track Reforms, Reject Election‑Year Shift

The vote shifts parts of land‑use authority away from routine City Council control to speed approvals for targeted affordable projects.

Overview

  • Propositions 2–5 passed and Proposition 6 failed, with AP‑projected margins of 58.2% yes for Prop 2, 56.7% yes for Prop 3, 58.2% yes for Prop 4, 73.2% yes for Prop 5, and 53.1% no for Prop 6.
  • Prop 2 sets two alternatives to ULURP that fast‑track certain affordable housing at the City Planning Commission or Board of Standards and Appeals, including a 90‑day BSA review for publicly financed projects and a 30–45 day CPC window in the lowest‑production districts.
  • Prop 3 creates an Expedited Land Use Review Procedure for modest housing and select infrastructure, with a 90‑day review by the community board and borough president and final approval by the CPC instead of the City Council.
  • Prop 4 establishes a three‑member Affordable Housing Appeals Board—mayor, City Council speaker, and local borough president—empowered to overturn Council rejections of qualifying projects with a two‑member majority.
  • Prop 5 directs the Department of City Planning to build a single digital City Map, while the reforms came from a mayoral‑appointed Charter Revision Commission over vocal City Council opposition that included a taxpayer‑funded mail campaign, and city agencies now move to implement the new processes.