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NYC Targets Housing Delays as Subway Crime Falls
Thursday, June 11, 2026 · 10 min
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s SPEED housing plan aims to cut affordable-housing timelines by months or years, while Kathy Hochul says subway crime is on pace for a generational low—two reform fights turning on whether City Hall can make numbers real.
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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s SPEED housing plan aims to cut affordable-housing timelines by months or years, while Kathy Hochul says subway crime is on pace for a generational low—two reform fights turning on whether City Hall can make numbers real.
In this episode
- Mamdani Administration Releases “SPEED” Reforms to Deliver Affordable Housing Faster — NYC Mayor's Office
# Mamdani Administration Releases “SPEED” Reforms to Deliver Affordable Housing Faster ## NYC Mayor's Office 144000 subscribers 1153 likes ### Description 38398 views Posted: 13 May 2026 Environmental review, permitting and lease-up reforms will cut development timelines by as much as two years Reforms include overhauling housing lottery system and changes to environmental review NEW…
- Safer Subways: Governor Hochul Announces Subway Crime on Track to Reach Lowest Levels in a Generation in 2025 | Governor Kathy Hochul | New York State — New York State
# Safer Subways: Governor Hochul Announces Subway Crime on Track to Reach Lowest Levels in a Generation in 2025 | Governor Kathy Hochul | New York State [Skip to main content](https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/safer-subways-governor-hochul-announces-subway-crime-track-reach-lowest-levels-generation-2025#main-content) [New York State Home](https://www.ny.gov/ "New York State Home") An official…
- Step Back — Everyone keeps talking about 'City of Yes' like it's a housing breakthrough, but for a regular New Yorker trying to picture actual change: which parts of the zoning reform are most likely to actually produce new homes, and which parts might stay mostly theoretical?
Background sources
- Adams’ Planners Opened the Door for 130K New Apartments. Will Mamdani Deliver Them? | THE CITY — NYC News — Greg David
- Storefronts and Apartments Grow, Fertilized by New Zoning and Tax Schemes | THE CITY — NYC News — Greg David
- City of Yes for Housing Opportunity Turns One — Kathryn Brenzel
- How Big Upzonings Affect Housing Supply — Yipeng Su;Will Curran-Groome;Yonah Freemark
- New Study Finds Upzoning Can Add Housing—but Not Everywhere — Allaire Conte
- Proposed Reforms Could Mean Big Housing Boom for Small Lots in NYC | Cole Schotz - JDSupra — Cole Schotz - JDSupra
- More Housing, No Gentrification: How Rezoning Gave East New York a New Start | THE CITY — NYC News — Greg David
- 100 Days In, Mamdani's Housing Chief Says City Hall Will Stand Up for Tenants—And Work With Real Estate - City Limits — Patrick Spauster
- Filing Your NYC Residential Project with DOB NOW: Build – A Guide for Homeowners and Developers — Park Bench Architects
[Skip to content](#content) [](https://parkbencharchitects.com) [$0.00 0 Cart](#) [$0.00 0 Cart](#) # Filing Your NYC Residential Project with DOB NOW: Build – A Guide for Homeowners and…