'City of Yes' Marks One Year with Housing Gains

'City of Yes' marks one year with housing gains

Dan Garodnick, director of the Department of City Planning and chair of the City Planning Commission, joined “Mornings On 1.”

NYC sees 23 percent more new homes in first year of City of Yes

Housing production in New York City rose 23 percent in the first 10 months of 2025, since the passage of Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” housing plan, according to city data. Coinciding with the first anniversary of the plan’s passage on Friday, Mayor Eric Adams and Department of City Planning Commissioner Dan Garodnick released new statistics showing that the city has permitted roughly 17,600 new homes through late October, a 22.8 percent incre…