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             14                                                                                                                   JULY 03, 2026

                        Mamdani Administration Unveils

               New Tools to Build More Housing While

                      Preserving Historic Neighborhoods

                New interactive map, guidance and dedicated Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC)

              team will help New Yorkers add ADUs and unlock Landmark Transferable Development Rights

                                                   while preserving neighborhood character

            OUR BUREAU                                                                                            ing across New York City. The plan
                                                                                                                  ensures that every neighborhood
            NEW YORK, NY
                                                                                                                  contributes to meeting the  city’s
                     ayor  Zohran    Kwame                                                                        housing needs and includes historic
                     Mamdani and Landmarks                                                                        investments in affordable housing,
            MPreservation Commission                                                                              tenant protections, code enforce-
            (LPC) Chair Lisa Kersavage have an-                                                                   ment and public housing.
            nounced a new suite of tools to help                                                                      To support the City’s housing
            New Yorkers create more housing in                                                                    goals, the LPC is also advancing pro-
            historic districts.                                                                                   posed rules that will make it easier to
                                                                                                                  modify building features in historic
            The new resources will make                                                                           districts and on individual landmarks.
                                                                                                                  If approved, the rules would expedite
            it easier for homeowners to                                                                           the application and review process by
            build Ancillary Dwelling Units                                                                        expanding the range of projects eligi-
                                                                                                                  ble for staff-level approval, reducing
            (ADUs) and for landmark prop-                                                                         the number that require a vote by the

            erty owners to use Landmark                                                                           full commission at a public hearing.
                                                                                                                      Both the ADU and TDR re-
            Transferable      Development                                                                         sources will help New Yorkers to
            Rights (TDRs), helping neigh-     while enabling new housing nearby.  to come,” said Leila Bozorg, Depu-  take advantage of the pro-housing
                                                 “New York needs more homes,  ty Mayor for Housing and Planning.
                                                                                                                  zoning  changes  adopted  through
            borhoods add housing while        and every neighborhood has a role    “The tools released today as   City of Yes for Housing Opportuni-
                                                                                                                  ty in 2024. Those changes legalized
            preserving the character and      to play in building them. Preserving   part of Mayor Mamdani’s Block by   ADUs across much of the city, while
                                              our history and building are future
                                                                                Block Housing Plan demonstrate
            integrity of New York City’s 157   are not competing goals. These new   that we can preserve our historic   establishing  specific  requirements
            historic districts and exten-     tools will help homeowners create   districts and landmarks while also   for certain ADUs in historic districts.
                                              more space for their families, help
                                                                                increasing New York City’s housing
                                                                                                                  LPC’s new interactive map and guid-
            sions and tens of thousands of    landmarked buildings stay financially   supply,” said Landmarks Preserva-  ance will help homeowners navigate
            landmarked properties.            stable and help our city add the hous-  tion Commission Chair Lisa Kersav-  those requirements and the approval
                                              ing we need – all while protecting the   age. “These new resources will help   process. The Departments of Hous-
                                              neighborhoods  we  love,”  said  May-  homeowners and owners of smaller   ing Preservation and Development
                Today’s launch includes a search-  or Mamdani. “That’s what Block by   properties take  advantage  of new   (HPD) and Buildings (DOB) recent-
            able map showing where homeown-   Block is all about.”              zoning opportunities, whether by   ly  launched the ADU for  You  pro-
            ers can create ADUs in historic dis-  “It will take a whole-of-govern-  adding an ADU for extended family   gram to make it easier for homeown-
            tricts, a new ADU fact sheet and a   ment, citywide approach to deliver the   or rental income, or  by  using  land-  ers to create ADUs.
            dedicated LPC team to help property   housing relief that New Yorkers need.  mark transfers to generate funds for   The City also expanded and sim-
            owners navigate the approval process.   I’m grateful to the LPC team for taking   maintaining their historic  buildings   plified the Landmark TDR process,
            The City is also releasing a fact sheet   up that charge with the urgency that   while making it possible to create   making it easier to add housing near
            and detailed guidance on landmark   New Yorkers demand and for their   new housing nearby.”           landmarks while generating revenue
            transferable development rights,   thoughtful approach to ensuring that   These new tools are part of Block   to support the upkeep of historic
            making it easier for landmarked   every neighborhood in the city adds   by Block, the Mamdani administra-  properties. LPC’s new fact sheet and
            properties to generate revenue    housing while protecting historic dis-  tion’s comprehensive housing plan to   application guidance will help prop-
            for maintenance and preservation   tricts and properties for generations   build and  preserve affordable  hous-  erty owners navigate that new process.

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