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The mayor marked the first day of his administration by building upon his campaign crusade to freeze the rent with a series of orders designed to address the housing crisis.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced three executive orders to address NYC’s housing crisis: revitalizing the Mayor’s Office to Protect Tenants, creating the LIFT Task Force to accelerate housing development on city-owned land, and establishing the SPEED Task Force to streamline housing construction procedures.
Mamdani’s office released the following descriptions of the new task forces.
- LIFT Task Force (Land Inventory Fast Track) will leverage city-owned land to accelerate housing development, increase supply, and drive down costs. The task force will review city-owned properties and identify sites suitable for housing development no later than July 1, 2026.
- The SPEED Task Force (Streamlining Procedures to Expedite Equitable Development) will identify and remove bureaucratic and permitting barriers that drive up costs and slow housing construction and lease-up, making it more affordable to build and easier to access housing across New York City.
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Now we’re talking. First day action, instead of excuses why it can’t be done on the first day after promising it for the last few years as a central point of their campaign.
The SPEED Task Force (Streamlining Procedures to Expedite Equitable Development) will identify and remove bureaucratic and permitting barriers that drive up costs and slow housing construction and lease-up, making it more affordable to build and easier to access housing across New York City.
You can bet this is what he talked with Trump.
You just talk about the broad strokes (removing “red tape” around construction) and he’s orange putty in your hands. Slap him on the funnies and he’s got Garfield on his forehead.
Nice acronyms!
He’s out of the traps and moving fast, doing what he promised, as he promised, in the timeframe he promised. Let’s wait for even more accusations from those who haven’t delivered what they promised.
