Here are the five ballot measures NYC voters will decide on

[RandySF]

Question 1: Fast-track affordable housing review processes
This proposal seeks to speed up the city’s approval processes for some affordable housing projects.

Question 2: Simplify review of smaller housing and infrastructure proposals
This proposal aims to speed up and simplify the review process for small-scale housing and infrastructure projects.

Question 3: Create an affordable housing appeals board
This measure would create a new appeals board — consisting of the mayor, the local borough president and the City Council speaker — that would review Council decisions that reject or change applications to create affordable housing.

Question 4: Create a centralized digital city map
Currently, New York City’s official map — which includes street layouts and address assignments — exists in paper form across five separate borough offices.

Question 5: Move city elections to presidential years
This measure would shift city elections, including mayoral and City Council primary and general races, to coincide with presidential election years, but only when state law permits it.




https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2025/07/23/new-york-city-november-2025-election-five-ballot-measures

[IbogaProject]

1. I'm NO on 1-3 unless I get convinced

The city has a fairly thorough land use review process around which many projects seek to sidestep using various methods. The whole unnecessary land-grab to add dead end tracks to Penn Station is an example of that abuse. Through running the trains beyond Manhattan would avoid that boondogle and still allow for platform widening. I am biased as I live next to the area slated to be stuffed with this "affordable" housing. This building bonanaza won't include more space for other things the expanded community will need like schools, medical capacity ( there is only one hospital on the entire west side below 110 street) and such.