Jonathan Patkowski

From Brooklyn, in Queens. Was @nychousing + @nyckidsrise comms, now @nycplanning.

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

More affordable housing in more parts of the city!

Today, we’re announcing the 12 districts where the Affordable Housing Fast Track will soon take effect.

Starting Jan. 1, this voter-approved tool will make it easier to create affordable homes in the areas that add the least.

[Open New York @OpenNYForAll]

"I believe we've made the best possible pick [...] we're speaking about someone who has all of the requisite experience to combat the affordability crisis"

- @NYCMayor on John Mangin, the admin's candidate for Chair of the Board of Standards and Appeals

[Deputy Mayor Leila Bozorg @DMLeilaBozorg]

John Mangin is uniquely qualified to lead the Board of Standards and Appeals at a moment when New York must build the housing our city needs.

For more than a decade, John has been a thoughtful, principled public servant who reshaped how New York approaches housing. Long before it became conventional wisdom, he understood that tackling our affordability crisis means building more homes so working people can afford to stay in the neighborhoods they love. Much of that work happened behind the scenes, but its impact has been felt across all five boroughs.

That is exactly the kind of leader we need at the Board of Standards and Appeals -- someone who understands government's responsibility to dramatically increase our housing stock and to do so more equitably across the city.

Our administration has been working closely with our partners in the City Council to ensure they understand Mangin's record and the importance of this appointment in building a more affordable New York.

[patrick spauster @patrickspauster]

Big news for nerds: The Department of City Planning updated their city planning children's book (original was put out by the LaGuardia administration in 1937)

They are giving them away at upcoming Summer Streets events across the boroughs.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

The story of New York City is shaped by the story of its immigrant communities.

Our Newest New Yorkers report explores the lives of the city's 3.1 million immigrant residents — where they come from, the languages they speak, the neighborhoods they call home, and the communities they build every day.

[Ashok Kumar @comrade_kumar_]

“I was quoting [Italian Marxist and co-founder the Italian Communist Party] Antonio Gramsci”

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

53 years in the making.

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

BLOCK BY BLOCK

[The City Reporter @THECITYNY]

The East New York rezoning has already produced, in the space of a decade, almost all the 6,500 units that proponents of the rezoning predicted would be produced within 15 years.

Almost two-thirds are below-market affordable units.
https://t.co/nOSk7Bp3fg

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

We've removed major hurdles to building affordable housing —  a move that will get homes up nearly 2 years faster.

We’re in a race to tackle our housing crisis, because working New Yorkers can't afford to wait.

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

"Delays & added costs don’t simply affect project timelines or balance sheets: they directly impact New Yorkers’ lives." 

Read Sideya Sherman in @CityLimitsNews on the need to fix outdated state SEQRA rules to deliver housing relief to New Yorkers.

➡️ https://t.co/lV2PGqaF5l

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

“I want to be sure we're moving with the urgency that New Yorkers deserve. Because people are in the balance.”

Thanks to @theNYHC for hosting Sideya Sherman today to discuss her path to NYC Planning and the work ahead tackling the city’s affordability crisis.

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

Faster affordable housing delivery starts now!

351 Powers Ave in Mott Haven is the FIRST project to use ELERP — the expedited public review process that voters approved in November.

https://t.co/sYBg4nb47T

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

In a city that moves a mile a minute, it shouldn’t take two years to get an affordable home through environmental review!

Watch @NYCMayor stand with @GovKathyHochul to support streamlining state SEQR rules so we can deliver homes to New Yorkers faster & drive housing costs down.

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

✅ 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 @DanGarodnick:

[Alec Schierenbeck @aschierenbeck]

1 in 7 school kids experienced homelessness last year.

Meanwhile, some neighborhoods are adding zero affordable homes.

The status quo is broken.

When you vote, flip your ballot and choose whether to fast track affordable housing across NYC.

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

With the state's outdated FAR cap finally gone, we were able to DOUBLE the amount of housing in our proposal for Midtown South.

10,000 new homes in the heart of Manhattan — let's make it happen!

[NYC Planning @NYCPlanning]

It’s 2025 and housing is illegal in Midtown South.

Luckily, we’ve got a plan to fix that. ⬇️

[Ben Max @TweetBenMax]

just incredible levels of keep on trucking from Dan Garodnick & DCP over the last few years