NEW: ALL FOUR PRO-HOUSING BALLOT QUESTIONS PASS!!! For the first time, New Yorkers had the chance to choose more housing at the ballot box—and they chose it overwhelmingly. This is a historic victory for housing that will help make NYC more affordable. 🧵

Fun fact/symbolism for Albany come 2026: the assembly district where the Affordable Housing Fast Track did the best in the city belongs to none other than Speaker Carl Heastie. (80% support!)

New Yorkers spoke loud and clear: we need bold action on housing. By passing the NYC Charter Revision Commission Charter Revision Commission’s housing proposals, the city now has new tools to build affordable homes faster and fairer in every neighborhood. A big step toward a more affordable NYC.

Biggest news of the night on housing was from NYC where measures 2, 3, and 4 will dramatically streamline housing creation! And that’s not all: thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/aff…

"Mamdani’s victory signified voters’ hunger for change, especially when it comes to new approaches to reducing the cost of living. The housing ballot measures were yet another indicator of the same phenomenon. Local leaders elsewhere should take note."

Housing is popular. It's not just NYC's housing ballot measure landslide, we're starting to see it even in some city council races Before the recent win in Salem MA, it had lost its pro-housing mayor only because she became so popular that she was needed as Lt. Governor

City of Yes + Growing wave of office conversions + Passage of all four ballot proposals last week = NYC now finally has a shot at the big increase in housing production we so desperately need

Dan Smith I think the housing affordability crisis is mostly a supply issue and we should build all types of housing (market rate, subsidized, public housing, etc) in places where people want to live. I also think we should rework our zoning laws so that we can build mixed-use

Long Island City’s next chapter starts today! 🎉 New York City Council just approved the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan, unlocking nearly 15,000 new homes, 14,000 jobs, and a continuous public waterfront for everyone!

new: the lawsuit seeking to overturn the City of Yes housing plan, filed by conservative pols and neighborhood groups, was just dismissed by a Staten Island Supreme Court judge, who found that the city followed proper procedures. Story TK Crain's New York iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDoc…

"Under the plan, developers could build nearly 15,000 apartments within 54 blocks of Long Island City that are currently filled with warehouses and parking lots."

Huge congratulations to New York City Council, Julie Won & Adrienne Adams on voting to approve the historic Long Island City #OneLIC Neighborhood Plan today - and deep appreciation for approving all 5 of our neighborhood plans! nytimes.com/2025/11/12/nyr…

Marisa Novara and Daniel Kay Hertz: New York nixes veto power over housing while Chicago unwisely doubles down trib.al/xyRwiYt

As of today, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

this is a huge deal for NYC housing and development. Queens is on a roll with big rezonings

✅ East Bronx ✅ Atlantic Avenue ✅ Midtown South ✅ Jamaica ✅ Long Island City All five neighborhood plans are now on the books — and together they'll create nearly 50,000 homes for New Yorkers. This is how we tackle our housing crisis! More from Dan Garodnick:

Trump is cutting funding that helps end homelessness. And now, over 170,000 people are at risk of being pushed out of homes and back onto the streets. We’re in a housing crisis. The solution isn’t kicking people out of their homes – it’s building more housing.

The Nuzzi tweets were getting too funny. Something had to be done.

“For many, the [Plus One ADU] program has brought once-unattainable hopes within reach, creating space for aging parents, supporting independence for children with disabilities or generating rental income to offset high housing costs.”