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Stephen Jacob Smith

Looks like Eric Adams really delivered on housing production with City of Yes newyorkyimby.com/2026/05/new-...

New York YIMBY’s 2026 First-Quarter Construction Report Tallies a Dramatic Increase in Development - New York YIMBYYIMBY has revealed its report on construction permit filing activity for the first quarter of 2026 across the five boroughs.newyorkyimby.com
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Connor Crowley

Sometimes you gotta accept a mild amount of corruption.

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stillflowingwater

Mr Adams we salute you!

benstarr66

@ruthzee.bsky.social

Casaubon

I kinda expected to see some disappointing figures about number of duplexes or low-rises but…this is actually just unambiguously great!?

Birds or Trains?

Would love a deeper analysis to see what is really working. Is it the transit zoning? The parking mandates? Neither? Both?

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Stephen Jacob Smith

CoY granted a substantial citywide density increase for mixed-income rentals (called "UAP") in mid- and high-density districts. I see it on my own block – the zoning map has stayed the same (C4-4A), but new buildings have risen from 7-8 stories to 11 stories.

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Stephen Jacob Smith

Parking requirements were mostly already low to nonexistent, thanks to ZQA under de Blasio

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Birds or Trains?

Somehow still exists even after City of Yes on my block in Crown Heights.

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Stephen Jacob Smith

Address?

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Birds or Trains?

Franklin and Union

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Birds or Trains?

Or Beford and Union where the developer is proposing at R9 building

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Stephen Jacob Smith

You will need to give me an address or something else more specific so I can look into it.

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Birds or Trains?

1550 Bedford.

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Stephen Jacob Smith

What makes you think there will be parking in a new multifam building here? This is a long-stalled hotel development site that was just purchased out of bankruptcy, and will need to be rezoned to build multifam, and the rezoning will zero out the parking requirement.

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DJ Crimson

What’s the construction type in both scenarios? (7-8 stories vs 11 stories.) Is it CMU block for both?

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Stephen Jacob Smith

Can't remember for the mid-rise specifically (the high-rise hasn't gone vertical yet), but generally this stuff in NYC is a concrete structural frame with various types of lightweight boards attached to steel studs as infill

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DJ Crimson

Feel like in California you’d never see a project go from 7 to 11 stories bc of the jump in construction cost.

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Stephen Jacob Smith

Ban light wood frame construction – one neat trick to build a competent and cost-competitive ecosystem of contractors who know how to pour concrete and stack blocks. I'm pretty sure our hard costs are lower than yours even for mid-rise.

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DJ Crimson

It’s a fascinating idea and I wish there was an article or paper making the case.

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Stephen Jacob Smith

Forcing small, non-union contractors to work with concrete positioned them to move up the density scale and almost completely edge out union contractors for high-rises. Almost no private development in NYC is union anymore, save for, idk, maybe a few supertall office towers.

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Stephen Jacob Smith

It also probably was important in getting the FD comfortable with being laxer with some code requirements than the IBC. Taller single-stair, taller 13R sprinklers, taller buildings without hose standpipes, scissor stairs.

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Stephen Jacob Smith

It should go without saying that it’s also just how almost every other country builds, all up and down the income scale, from Bangladesh to Switzerland.

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Sam Alcorn

As I recall, except for Staten Island and a few far parts of the Bronx, light wood construction isn’t an option for any height in NYC. I wouldn’t expect a huge leap in construction cost except for exceeding the High Rise definition.

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Patrick Siegman

I'm guessing this building went to 11 stories because that was the maximum height possible under local zoning and state density bonus laws, and because it was profitable to do so, despite high construction costs?

San Francisco Breaks Ground on 11-Story Affordable Housing Project After Over 5 Years | KQEDOriginally approved in 2020 as a mixed-income development, one of San Francisco’s largest affordable housing projects in years is breaking ground in Potrero Hill.www.kqed.org
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Patrick Siegman

And here's an 11-story apartment building proposed for 1523 Harrison Street in downtown Oakland. However, as of the date of this March 30 article, Community HousingWorks just bought the site, so this one is just a concept, not underway.

Downtown Oakland affordable housing tower project moves foward with purchase of development siteA residential development that could produce hundreds of low-cost apartments is moving ahead with the purchase of the project site.www.mercurynews.com