We’re only a few days into the Mamdani administration, and we’re already acronym and activity force-rich.
A lot has occurred since Zohran Mamdani took workplace on Jan. 1. He has:
…rebooted a tenant-focused workplace, naming Cea Weaver as its director;
…named Dina Levy, who works for the state’s Division of Houses and Neighborhood Renewal, as the brand new commissioner of the Division of Housing Preservation and Growth;
…ordered metropolis companies to carry “rental ripoff” hearings;
…introduced that he’s intervening in Pinnacle Group’s chapter.
And whereas a lot units Mamdani other than his predecessor, the brand new mayor has continued some initiatives spearheaded by Mayor Eric Adams. On his first day in workplace, Mamdani signed government orders that created interagency activity forces to review two points that have been additionally the main focus of earlier activity forces created in the course of the Adams administration.
One is dubbed the Streamlining Procedures to Expedite Equitable Growth, or SPEED, activity pressure. That group goals to determine insurance policies and procedures that “have an effect on the well timed manufacturing and availability of reasonably priced housing, together with such insurance policies and procedures affecting pre- and post-construction approvals, undertaking financing, and undertaking advertising,” and suggest methods to expedite reasonably priced housing building.
That’s much like the targets of the Building and Land Use Approval Streamlining Taskforce, or BLAST, which was launched in the course of the Adams administration and took some liberties with spelling and letter inclusion to make BLAST work.
A separate government order creates the Land Stock Quick Monitor, or LIFT, activity pressure, which is able to determine city-owned or -controlled properties the place housing could be constructed. Adams signed an identical government order in 2024 and launched the “24 in ‘24” initiative to advance 24 tasks on metropolis websites that 12 months.
It stays to be seen how these new activity forces will construct on the findings of these earlier teams.
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A factor we’ve discovered: Fiorello La Guardia was the primary New York Metropolis mayor to name Gracie Mansion home. He most well-liked to name it the Mayor’s Home or Gracie Farm as a result of “mansion was slightly wealthy for his style,” in line with a 1979 New York Occasions story.
Elsewhere in New York…
— Throughout the first 12 months of congestion pricing, 27 million fewer automobiles entered Manhattan under sixtieth Road, Gothamist reports. In comparison with the earlier 12 months, when congestion pricing was not in impact, that space noticed an 11 % discount in every day visitors, on common.
— The Queens Democratic Celebration on Monday endorsed Diana Moreno forward of the Feb. 3 particular election for Zohran Mamdani’s former Meeting seat, City & State reports. Moreno has additionally been endorsed by Mamdani and the New York Metropolis chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.
— Mamdani signed two government orders on Monday to ramp up enforcement towards companies that trick customers into paying hidden “junk charges” and those who have deceptive subscription companies (together with free trials that routinely convert into paid subscriptions “with important disclosures buried in wonderful print or behind hyper hyperlinks”).
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Residential: The highest residential deal recorded Monday was $4.4 million for 75 1/2 Bedford Road. The West Village townhouse is 1,000 sq. toes and final bought available on the market for $3.4 million in 2023.
Business: The highest industrial deal recorded was $52.9 million for a portfolio of buildings in Rego Park. The properties embody 94-14 63rd Drive, 95-38 Queens Boulevard, 63-79 Saunders Road, 95-40 Queens Boulevard, 95-60 63rd Drive, 96-44 Queens Boulevard and two retail properties at 95-05 and 95-02 63rd Drive. The overall sq. footage of all addresses exceeds 60,000. The customer was the Malachite Group, and the vendor was Imperial Sterling Corp.
New to the Market: The best worth for a residential property hitting the market was $12.5 million for a co-op unit at 1107 Fifth Avenue. The Higher East Aspect co-op is listed by Coldwell Banker Warburg’s Bonnie Chajet and Lisa Ellen Chajet.
Breaking Floor: The most important new constructing allow filed was for a proposed 90,355-square-foot, 11-story, mixed-use constructing at 270 West one hundred and thirty fifth Road in Harlem. Tahir Demircioglu Architect is the applicant of report.
— Joseph Jungermann
