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City Council signals pro-housing agenda, targets code changes for tiny lots
April 24, 2026
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The City Council is exploring construction code reforms that it says could squeeze up to 35,000 new apartments out of the city’s most overlooked parcels: small, odd-shaped lots peppered across all five boroughs. Council Speaker Julie Menin unveiled the push Friday at an American Institute of Architects event in Lower Manhattan, framing it as a way to unlock housing where current regulations make it tough to build without pursuing time-consuming and costly zoning changes.
The Council hasn’t set a timeline, and said it is in early talks with the Mamdani administration on the effort. In a statement shared with The []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.
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