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Dear New Yorkers,

Mayor Eric Adams’ sweeping zoning change proposal, called City of Yes, has made it through key City Council committees mostly intact.

The proposal is expected to accelerate housing construction and make a dent in the city’s housing crisis. In spite of some concessions that will likely result in less new housing than originally envisioned in the boroughs’ more residential neighborhoods, advocates for development said that the plan represented the most comprehensive effort to increase supply in decades.

The City Planning Commission will now review the changes and then send it on to the full Council for a final vote next month.

Mayor Adams and First Deputy Mayor Maria Torres-Springer praised what they called a “historic” plan.

“We can’t exist as a city with a 1.4% vacancy rate,” Adams said. “It is uniform across the city, no matter where we go … we’re hearing the same thing — affordability, housing, housing, housing.”

Read more here about the details of the City of Yes plan.

Weather ☁️

Cloudy and cool, with a shower or two. High temperatures are in the low 40s.

MTA 🚇

No overnight R train service between Whitehall Street and 59th Street in Brooklyn, and much more. Find all the MTA’s planned changes and the latest delays here.

Alternate side parking 🚙

It’s in effect today, Nov. 22.

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After two years of operating an ad hoc “shadow system” of separate shelters for migrants, City Hall is now moving to return control of all shelter operations to the Department of Homeless Services by June of 2026, including those housing asylum-seeking immigrants. The plan comes after two years of operating separate migrant shelters under the auspices of different agencies, and outside of New York’s longstanding “right to shelter.”

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Things To Do

Here’s what’s going on around the city this week.

Friday, Nov. 22: ‘Tis the season for the annual Gingerbread NYC exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York, where bakers create incredibly detailed, edible versions of city buildings, blocks and monuments. The exhibit runs through Jan. 12, 2025, and is free with museum admission. Friday, Nov. 22: Join NYC Parks for a ‘90s and ‘00s themed silent disco at the J. Hood Wright Recreation Center. Party starts at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24: Plant daffodils and tulip bulbs with the Urban Park Rangers for their spring garden at Inwood Hill Park from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

THE KICKER: Miss your old subway tokens? A locksmith in Manhattan is using them to create keepsake keys.

Thanks, as always, for reading. Make it a great Friday.

Love,

THE CITY

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