Open New York
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Grassroots nonprofit fighting for more homes for all New Yorkers
Richard Florida on NYC's economy: "The real risk to its prosperity isn’t capital flight; it’s the sky-high cost of living... Addressing the housing affordability crisis is essential to the city’s continued prosperity."
December 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Richard Florida on NYC's economy: "The real risk to its prosperity isn’t capital flight; it’s the sky-high cost of living... Addressing the housing affordability crisis is essential to the city’s continued prosperity."
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Are you a student in NYC with an interest in housing policy? Apply for a Fellowship with Open New York!
Want to join our team?
Right now we’re hiring three part-time Fellows in Communications, Policy, and Development to join us this spring.
Apply here: open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/9f2bf31f79...
Right now we’re hiring three part-time Fellows in Communications, Policy, and Development to join us this spring.
Apply here: open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/9f2bf31f79...
Open New York Fellowship at Open New York
About the Organization
Open New York (ONY) is a grassroots, non-profit organization advocating for abundant homes and lower rent. With a rapidly growing staff and hundreds of active volunteer members ...
open-new-york.breezy.hr
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Are you a student in NYC with an interest in housing policy? Apply for a Fellowship with Open New York!
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Want to join our team?
Right now we’re hiring three part-time Fellows in Communications, Policy, and Development to join us this spring.
Apply here: open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/9f2bf31f79...
Right now we’re hiring three part-time Fellows in Communications, Policy, and Development to join us this spring.
Apply here: open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/9f2bf31f79...
Open New York Fellowship at Open New York
About the Organization
Open New York (ONY) is a grassroots, non-profit organization advocating for abundant homes and lower rent. With a rapidly growing staff and hundreds of active volunteer members ...
open-new-york.breezy.hr
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Want to join our team?
Right now we’re hiring three part-time Fellows in Communications, Policy, and Development to join us this spring.
Apply here: open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/9f2bf31f79...
Right now we’re hiring three part-time Fellows in Communications, Policy, and Development to join us this spring.
Apply here: open-new-york.breezy.hr/p/9f2bf31f79...
You may not believe that building new housing lowers rents, but your landlord does:
New housing stops landlords from raising rents—take it from the CEO of AvalonBay, one of NYC's largest landlords:
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
"We're well-positioned… we face significantly less new supply. Land entitled for multifamily is hard to come by, the amount of time it takes to get those entitlements… sets us up well.”
December 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
You may not believe that building new housing lowers rents, but your landlord does:
We’re excited to announce that we’re expanding our team!
In advance of next legislative session in Albany, we’ve brought on four new team members to deliver pro-housing wins for communities around the state.
In advance of next legislative session in Albany, we’ve brought on four new team members to deliver pro-housing wins for communities around the state.
December 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We’re excited to announce that we’re expanding our team!
In advance of next legislative session in Albany, we’ve brought on four new team members to deliver pro-housing wins for communities around the state.
In advance of next legislative session in Albany, we’ve brought on four new team members to deliver pro-housing wins for communities around the state.
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Leila Bozorg is great and was literally a board member of Open New York, the largest YIMBY nonprofit in NYC.
this is so awesome. NIMBYs in shambles rn
this is so awesome. NIMBYs in shambles rn
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is set to announce Friday that Leila Bozorg will serve as his deputy mayor for housing and planning, a transition team spokesperson told Gothamist: gothamist.visitlink.me/7exzI_
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Leila Bozorg is great and was literally a board member of Open New York, the largest YIMBY nonprofit in NYC.
this is so awesome. NIMBYs in shambles rn
this is so awesome. NIMBYs in shambles rn
Fantastic pick.
December 19, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Fantastic pick.
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Welcome to A New Era, Leila Bozorg!
December 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Welcome to A New Era, Leila Bozorg!
We are thrilled to see Leila Bozorg appointed as Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning.
She shepherded the passage of major rezonings including City of Yes, and served on the 2025 CRC which transformed our housing approval system. She's the housing leader NYC needs right now.
She shepherded the passage of major rezonings including City of Yes, and served on the 2025 CRC which transformed our housing approval system. She's the housing leader NYC needs right now.
December 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
We are thrilled to see Leila Bozorg appointed as Deputy Mayor for Housing and Planning.
She shepherded the passage of major rezonings including City of Yes, and served on the 2025 CRC which transformed our housing approval system. She's the housing leader NYC needs right now.
She shepherded the passage of major rezonings including City of Yes, and served on the 2025 CRC which transformed our housing approval system. She's the housing leader NYC needs right now.
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manhattan permitting numbers are always funny because the answer to
"Since COVID, in absolute numbers, how much does one of the most in demand areas in America build?" is
"around as much as Omaha and way less than Columbus"
"Since COVID, in absolute numbers, how much does one of the most in demand areas in America build?" is
"around as much as Omaha and way less than Columbus"
December 16, 2025 at 10:13 PM
manhattan permitting numbers are always funny because the answer to
"Since COVID, in absolute numbers, how much does one of the most in demand areas in America build?" is
"around as much as Omaha and way less than Columbus"
"Since COVID, in absolute numbers, how much does one of the most in demand areas in America build?" is
"around as much as Omaha and way less than Columbus"
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You may not believe that new builds lower your rent but your landlord does.
Queens, a borough of 2.4 million people, permitted just 3,240 homes last year, a bit over 1 boatload.
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
NYC is not building “boatloads of housing”.
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
December 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You may not believe that new builds lower your rent but your landlord does.
Queens, a borough of 2.4 million people, permitted just 3,240 homes last year, a bit over 1 boatload.
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
NYC is not building “boatloads of housing”.
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
December 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Queens, a borough of 2.4 million people, permitted just 3,240 homes last year, a bit over 1 boatload.
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
Austin, a city of less than a million people, permitted that same number every month last year.
The results?
Queens rents: ⬆️ 4.6%
Austin rents: ⬇️ 3.1%
NYC is not building “boatloads of housing”.
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
December 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
NYC is not building “boatloads of housing”.
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
Last year, Manhattan permitted fewer units (2,347) than 1 boat (Icon of the Seas, 2,800 units)
Open New York’s 2026 NYC Policy Agenda is out now!
Here’s how we plan to turn New Yorkers’ mandate for housing into action:
Here’s how we plan to turn New Yorkers’ mandate for housing into action:
December 16, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Open New York’s 2026 NYC Policy Agenda is out now!
Here’s how we plan to turn New Yorkers’ mandate for housing into action:
Here’s how we plan to turn New Yorkers’ mandate for housing into action:
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It’s this but for letting somebody legally live in your basement:
December 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s this but for letting somebody legally live in your basement:
City of Yes opened the path to legalizing basement apartments, but the proposed @nycbuildings.bsky.social rules are... pretty ridiculous.
Our friends at @chpcny.bsky.social printed out the exact dimensions, colors, and font sizes that would be required outside of every basement apartment:
Our friends at @chpcny.bsky.social printed out the exact dimensions, colors, and font sizes that would be required outside of every basement apartment:
December 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
City of Yes opened the path to legalizing basement apartments, but the proposed @nycbuildings.bsky.social rules are... pretty ridiculous.
Our friends at @chpcny.bsky.social printed out the exact dimensions, colors, and font sizes that would be required outside of every basement apartment:
Our friends at @chpcny.bsky.social printed out the exact dimensions, colors, and font sizes that would be required outside of every basement apartment:
This project will create more homes than San Fransisco built last year—in fact, 3x more.
In Lower Manhattan, the aging @nychousing.bsky.social HQ is being replaced with housing: 3,700 new apartments, with 900+ permanently affordable.
This is finally a project of the appropriate scale for our housing crisis—it's more than the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning that passed 4 years ago.
This is finally a project of the appropriate scale for our housing crisis—it's more than the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning that passed 4 years ago.
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
This project will create more homes than San Fransisco built last year—in fact, 3x more.
In Lower Manhattan, the aging @nychousing.bsky.social HQ is being replaced with housing: 3,700 new apartments, with 900+ permanently affordable.
This is finally a project of the appropriate scale for our housing crisis—it's more than the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning that passed 4 years ago.
This is finally a project of the appropriate scale for our housing crisis—it's more than the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning that passed 4 years ago.
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
In Lower Manhattan, the aging @nychousing.bsky.social HQ is being replaced with housing: 3,700 new apartments, with 900+ permanently affordable.
This is finally a project of the appropriate scale for our housing crisis—it's more than the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning that passed 4 years ago.
This is finally a project of the appropriate scale for our housing crisis—it's more than the entire SoHo/NoHo rezoning that passed 4 years ago.
Don’t let a few wealthy homeowners make housing unaffordable for the rest of us.
Show up in your community—even a few voices in support of new housing can completely flip that dynamic and help New York build the housing we need.
Show up in your community—even a few voices in support of new housing can completely flip that dynamic and help New York build the housing we need.
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Don’t let a few wealthy homeowners make housing unaffordable for the rest of us.
Show up in your community—even a few voices in support of new housing can completely flip that dynamic and help New York build the housing we need.
Show up in your community—even a few voices in support of new housing can completely flip that dynamic and help New York build the housing we need.
THIS ⬇️
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
THIS ⬇️
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One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
December 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
One of the biggest drivers of high housing costs is that a small, highly motivated group of incumbent homeowners block new housing in their neighborhoods and almost no one is organized to push back.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
Young people bear the brunt of that imbalance.
Be a housing fan.
This is 100% true. If you live in NYC, you should join your local community board — right now they’re much richer, older, whiter, more conservative, and more likely to be drivers+homeowners than the communities they represent.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
I really can't emphasize enough that if you care about local politics, all you gotta do is show up. Just a regular schmegular person showing up. Literally just show up consistently in person and within a remarkably short amount of time, you will have a shocking amount of influence.
December 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is 100% true. If you live in NYC, you should join your local community board — right now they’re much richer, older, whiter, more conservative, and more likely to be drivers+homeowners than the communities they represent.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
That distorts our politics on every issue, especially housing.
Zoning changes work.
December 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Zoning changes work.
City of @YesOnAffHousing.bsky.social
It's probably fine to lump together with City of Yes, but the charter commission housing reforms are worth acknowledging as a super impactful separate effort, beyond what anyone expected I think
Zohran points to City of Yes as an initiative to build on 👏
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
City of @YesOnAffHousing.bsky.social