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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                  JUNE 27, 2025     |  The Indian Eye 20

                         NYC Mayor Celebrate’s Approval of

                Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan to Create

                                      Nearly 10,000 New Homes

            Plan Would Bring Nearly 3,000 Permanently Affordable Homes to Midtown South Neighborhood

            OUR BUREAU

            NEW YORK, NY
                   ew York City Mayor Eric Adams and New
                  York  City  Department  of  City  Planning
            N(DCP) Director and City Planning Com-
            mission  (CPC)  Chair  Dan  Garodnick today  cel-
            ebrated the CPC’s vote in favor of the Midtown
            South Mixed-Use (MSMX) Plan, an ambitious
            proposal to bring approximately 9,700 new homes
            across 42 blocks of Midtown South where housing
            is largely not allowed today. By mapping Manda-
            tory Inclusionary Housing onto the neighborhood
            for the first time, and requiring new developments
            to include affordable housing, MSMX ensures that
            up to 2,900 of those units will be permanently af-
            fordable as well. New housing in the neighborhood
            will be paired with public realm improvements and
            additional investments to create a more vibrant,
            24/7 neighborhood with affordable housing, good
            jobs, and accessible open space. MSMX is a key
            component of Mayor Adams’ “Manhattan Plan” to
            create over 100,000 new homes across the borough    Mayor Adams’ MSMX plan will create nearly 10,000 new homes across four distinct areas in Midtown South,
            over the coming decade to bring the total number                          including 2,900 affordable units. Credit: DCP.
            of homes in Manhattan to 1 million. First unveiled
            in his State of the City address earlier this year, the   for meaningful housing production in a transit-rich   with commercial vacancies and restrictive zoning
            Manhattan Plan utilizes neighborhood rezonings   section of the city, including almost 3,000 afford- rules that limit opportunities for New Yorkers to
            like MSMX, the redevelopment of city-owned sites   able units, and help write a new chapter for the fu- live near their jobs.
            like 100 Gold Street in Lower Manhattan, and indi- ture of midtown as a dynamic, mixed-use district.”  The MSMX plan works to address these chal-
            vidual applications for zoning changes like the cre-  “With commercial vacancies too high and   lenges and bring new housing to the neighborhood.
            ation of nearly 700 homes above a future Second   housing vacancies at historically low levels, it’s a  By establishing mixed-use zoning districts that al-
            Avenue Subway station in East Harlem.         perfect time to seize this opportunity to create a   low housing, industrial enterprises, and commer-
               “Midtown South is home to some of our city’s  24/7, mixed-use neighborhood. This plan will bring   cial businesses all in the same area, the MSMX plan
            most iconic parks, buildings, and businesses, yet for  forth a vibrant mix of commercial, manufacturing,  could create around 9,700 new homes — including
            too long, outdated zoning has stopped it from actu- and residential uses, creating a truly dynamic com-  up  to  2,900  income-restricted  affordable  homes
            ally being a home for many New Yorkers. With to- munity here,” said DCP Director and CPC Chair  via Mandatory Inclusionary Housing, which would
            day’s vote, we are one step closer to finally building  Garodnick. “Today’s vote takes us one step closer  apply to Midtown for the first time. The plan also
            new housing in Midtown and making it a vibrant  to the affordable homes, jobs, and infrastructure   marks the first use of new, high-density R11 and
            neighborhood to live, work, and play in,” said May- improvements Midtown South deserves. Thanks to  R12 zoning districts, which allow higher residential
            or Adams. “Our Midtown South Mixed-Use plan   the City Planning commissioners for their support.” “floor-to-area ratios” (FAR) of 15 and 18. These
            will not only bring nearly 10,000 new homes to the   The MSMX plan covers four distinct areas   new districts were created through a combination
            neighborhood, but it will bring us closer to our vi- centered around Herald and Greeley Squares lo- of Mayor Adams’ “City of Yes for Housing Oppor-
            sion of 100,000 new homes across all of Manhattan   cated roughly between West 23rd and West 40th   tunity” initiative and the Adams administration’s
            over the next decade and help make sure that New  Streets as well as 5th and 8th Avenues. This part of   successful advocacy in Albany to lift the outdated
            York City is the best place to raise a family.”  Midtown South is largely saddled with outdated in- FAR cap, which had previously arbitrarily limited
               “The City of New York is in a housing crisis,  dustrial zoning that prohibits new housing, severe- housing density in New York City. With these new
            and to overcome that crisis and make New York  ly limiting opportunities for future growth. While   tools, the Adams administration was able to more
            more affordable we need to build a little more  Midtown South has long been a powerful eco- than double the amount of projected housing with
            housing in each neighborhood, including Midtown   nomic  center  —  including  over  7,000  businesses,  the MSMX neighborhood rezoning. These chang-
            South,” said Deputy Mayor for Housing, Econom- 135,000 jobs, and access to important transit hubs   es would also allow buildings to convert offices to
            ic Development, and Workforce Adolfo Carrion, Jr.  at Penn Station, the Port Authority Bus Terminal,  housing, unlocking another important way to cre-
            “That’s what the Midtown South Mixed-Use Plan  Herald Square, and Bryant Park — the neighbor- ate new homes and repurpose vacant or underuti-
            does — it provides updated zoning that will allow  hood has struggled since the COVID-19 pandemic   lized space in this area.

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