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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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