Mayor Adams vows to build 100K new Manhattan housing units over next decade — equal to a second UWS
Mayor Eric Adams vowed Thursday to build 100,000 new housing units across Manhattan over the next decade — adding to the roughly 900,000 dwellings already on the island.
Dubbed “The Manhattan Plan,” Hizzoner’s ambitious housing proposal would be the equivalent of creating a brand new Upper West Side, which stretches from 59th to 96th streets, or nine more StuyTown developments.
“We call it ‘The Manhattan Plan’ — a tribute to this borough’s long history as a place where families from all over the world could come to start their American Dream,” Adams said during his State of the City speech in Harlem.
The initiative, which piggybacks off the Big Apple’s current “City of Yes” plan, seeks to review and refresh zoning across Manhattan — unlocking potential housing sites for development stretching from Inwood to the Financial District, Adams said.
The proposal aims to boost the number of homes in Manhattan to a total of 1 million in the next 10 years and help make housing more affordable for families, the mayor insisted.
“Over the decades, housing prices in Manhattan have gone up while working-class families have been pushed out,” Adams said from the famed Apollo Theater.
“From the brownstones in Harlem to the high-rises in Midtown, we will say ‘yes’ to more housing and ‘yes’ to a more family-friendly city,” he said.
“Helping families make rent or buy their first homes means helping them save money — and we
are determined to do just that.”
Adams’ plan is set to include the administration’s Midtown South rezoning, which is already underway.
He stopped short, though, of noting which other neighborhoods could undergo big changes.
