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2025 Elections

In 2025, New York City voters will cast ballots for mayor, comptroller, City Council and borough presidents. Stay in the know before you head to the polls.

A Rezoning Grows In Brooklyn, And What Else Happened This Week In Housing

After voters passed measures that could compel Bay Ridge to permit more housing, Councilmember Kayla Santosuosso decided to advance her own rezoning—and get the district out of the affordable housing…

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

City Council Approves Mamdani’s Nominee for Key Housing Post, Despite ‘Reservations’

Lawmakers approved John Mangin to chair the Board of Standards and Appeals, following a tense nomination hearing where some criticized him as dismissive to local residents’ concerns about new development.

2025 Elections Economy Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: Meeting the Moment? Mamdani’s Shift from Insurgent to Mayor

“In the coming months, the mayor will face new tests, and we will better understand what he is willing to fight for.”

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Politics

PHOTOS: Scenes From The Rent Guidelines Board’s Historic Vote

The board took the unprecedented step of freezing rents on both one- and two-year lease renewals, fulfilling one of new Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s key campaign promises.

2025 Elections Featured Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Politics

NYC’s Housing Ballot Measures Appear to Be Working as YIMBYs Intended

A residential housing project in Bayside, Queens, is winning the support of housing-skeptical Councilmember Vickie Paladino due the threat of a new voter-approved appeals process that could override her objections.

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Land Use and Development Opinion Politics

Opinion: Why Mamdani’s New ‘Office of Mass Engagement’ Matters

“By centering broader, more accessible forms of participation and tying engagement to real outcomes, the city has an opportunity to align civic conversation with civic reality.”

2025 Elections Featured Government Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Land Use and Development NYCHA Opinion Politics Profiles

What New Yorkers Told Us They Want Mayor Mamdani To Do

Clean sidewalks. More afterschool programs. A much-anticipated rent freeze. For months, City Limits has been talking with New Yorkers about what they want the new mayor to prioritize. Here’s what…

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Immigration In Depth Justice Land Use and Development NYCHA Opinion Politics

Opinion: How Zohran Mamdani Can Avoid A Pyrrhic Victory

“As hard and unlikely as Mamdani’s victory may have been, turning from the promises of a campaign to the tasks of governing well and fairly will be harder still. He…

2025 Elections Government Housing and Homelessness Opinion Politics

Opinion: By the Numbers, a Rent Freeze Is Warranted

“To be sure, a small (and often overstated) segment of rent stabilized buildings face real financial distress. Adding to the rent burdens of a million households to save these outliers…

2025 Elections Government Health Homelessness Housing and Homelessness Justice Opinion Politics

Opinion: How Mayor-elect Mamdani Can Achieve a Human Right to Housing

“New Yorkers, and Mayor-Elect Mamdani in particular, have an open window of opportunity to fundamentally shift the city from maintaining the status quo between the haves and have-nots to actively pursuing housing…

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