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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[–] 72 points 10 months ago

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.

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  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago

    Nice acronyms!

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    [–] 78 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Wait, wait, wait...

    A company screws up and ruins itself, and the government concerns itself with the PEOPLE who will be screwed by the irresponsible actions of an unaccountable company, instead of socializing the company's losses and leaving the tenants to fend for themselves?

    I never thought I'd live to see it happen.

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    [–] 37 points 10 months ago

    This is the kind of shit you get done day 1 when you have Lina Kahn running your transition team

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Wow, a report due sometime this year?

    #1 and #3 sound food, and I understand many things require time. #2 sounds like the beginnings of thinking about a plan stuff that lead democrats to rarely actually getting anything done.

    Good day 1. This needs to keep up with week 1 and month 1 culminating in tentpole reforms that are actually rolling out by the end of the year at the latest.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Exactly my thoughts on bullet 2. Is the task force working on other high priority items? Is the city's shit so not together they cannot produce a single list of all properties they own in a week? This is the kind of thing that will fuel anti-Mamdani sentiment.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him.

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    [–] 0 points 10 months ago

    I now fear the "2nd amendment" folks will suddenly be proactive against the "government".

    He's going to be labeled as a "communist".

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